Bodkin

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Date:1875 - 1998 (c.)

Description:

Bodkin used by Richard Dodd at Hall & Son tailors, Leamington Spa. It has a flat pointed shape with a hole at the end.

Before stitching a garment properly, tailors would sew it loosely with a tacking stitch. This bodkin was used to remove the tacking stitch after a fitting.

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Hall & Son (20 KB)

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1870s

Bill Head

Printed headed paper for bills from Hall & Son Tailors, Leamington Spa.

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1890s

Furniture Store's Bill

A printed and handwritten bill to Mrs Hamilton Davies from Thomas Lane and Company. ...

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1940s

Tailor & Cutter Magazine

The Tailor & Cutter 20th June 1947 Vol 82 No.4207 Pages 417 - 432 The Tailor ...

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1990s

Letter

A letter sent by T.W. Ferrers-Walker to Mr Dodd on 27 March 1990. In the letter ...

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Warwick Street Tailors, Dressmaking, Hat Making (Milliner) Social History Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum Horn, Bone, Ivory, Tortoiseshell, Mother of Pearl & Amber Euston Place

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