Wooden and Glass Lace Bobbins
Lace Bobbins made from turned wood, decorated with beads. Threads used for making lace were wound round the narrow neck of the bobbin. The beads, known as 'spangles', are attached to the base with a loop ...
Wooden Darning Mushroom
This is darning mushroom is made of the very hard, dense wood of box or holly.
The item to be mended, like a sock, would be stretched over the smooth 'mushroom' top and the hole darned with a needle ...
Wooden Pin Cushion on a clamp
Turned and polished wood, (holly or box wood) pincushion clamp. It would have been used to fix one end of a piece of fabric firmly to a table, so that it could be held taut with one hand while pinning ...
Wooden Sewing Box - interior
The box is lined with red silk and contains many compartments. The bobbins are finely carved mother of pearl.
19th century
265mm x 192mm