Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Description
Six fancy wooden and metal needle supports from the collection of Mrs. E. A. Dipon of Alston (Cumbria). Includes a support dated 1847 with heart and diamond decoration; a stick bag, or poke, of chamois leather lined with silk and bead pattern on the front; a support with a silver name-plate engraved Bridget Ritson, Hill House Alston, and boxwood haft with ivory ferrule; a mahogany support with name B. Wilkinson; a mahogany support inlaid with boxwood; and a support with the base of the blade in use as a clue (or clew) holder, a cross at the top of the support, and a chain. Mounted on Photo File card. Originally held in Photo File: Knitting.
Metadata
| Identifier | clt8pn44 |
| IRN | 412300 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1360 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/clt8pn44 |
| 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. |