Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Description
Four wooden knitting needle supports from Ravenstonedale, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. They include a mahogany support, initialled S.B., with brass tacks and decorated with gouge cuts; an oak support with metal-lined orifice, carved with diamond patterns, geometric flower and a monogram; a relatively plain support (no supporting information); and a walnut support with a brass ferule on the haft, orifice lined with cow-horn and ivory inlay. Mounted on Photo File card. Originally held in Photo File: Knitting.
Metadata
| Identifier | b9w5cgfb |
| IRN | 412286 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1346 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/b9w5cgfb |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Lace Making: Photocards |
| Creator(s) | Langhorne, Richard |
| Date | 18 June 1964 |
| Size and Medium | 1 mounted photographic print. |