Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Description
Ten carved wooden needle supports from Teesdale (Durham), from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include a mahogany bladed support with octagonal haft lined with cow-horn; an ash bladed support; an oak support with fiddle base finish used for the suspension of a bottom crook, and square brass plate reinforcing the haft; a birch bladed support with all-over diamond pattern; a [?mahogany] support with floral motif; an oak support small enough to fit into a small pocket; a sycamore support with brass cap on the haft; a chestnut bladed support with rectangular panel to accommodate name, and brass cap on the haft; a mahogany bladed support with deep groove; and second oak support small enough to fit into a small pocket. Display labelled 12. Unmounted.
Metadata
| Identifier | sznhhbrk |
| IRN | 412311 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1371 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/sznhhbrk |
| 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. |