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Culture:American
Title:needlework case
Date Made:1810-1850
Type:Tool - Textile Working
Materials:leather, paper, gold leaf, textile: silk; base metal: brass
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Deerfield (possibly)
Measurements:overall: 3 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.; 6.985 cm
Accession Number:  HD 93.016
Credit Line:Gift of Harriet H. Ball
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Threefold needlework case in red leather with a gilt-embossed design of floral sprays, small circles and scallops, gilt-stamped with "H. WILLIAMS." on the back fold, and lined with blue silk. H. Williams maybe Helen M. Williams (b. 1819), the daughter of Stephen West Williams (1790-1855) and Harriet Goodhue Williams, who married Edward P. Huntington in 1841. There is a small four-page notebook covered in blue silk with handwritten notes and the alphabet.

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