Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Description
Seven carved wooden needle supports from villages in the Eden Vale (Cumbria), including Crosby Garrett, Penrith and Kings Meaburn. The supports form part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York, and include a bladed support with zigzag border pattern, a [?thistle] motif and initials A.T; a bladed support with zigzag border pattern and initials S.E.D.; a bladed support with zigzag border pattern, floral motif and initials L.J.D.; a plain bladed support; a turned support; a bladed support with name M. Davidson and date 1902; and a bladed support with punched initials B.P. and date 1876. Display labelled 4. Unmounted.
Metadata
| Identifier | pczx785n |
| IRN | 412306 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1366 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/pczx785n |
| 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 photographic print. |