Needlecase lid
Category
Costume
Date
1775 - 1800
Materials
Paper, Textile
Measurements
85 mm (H)12 mm (W)
Collection
Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350019.2
Summary
Needlecase lid - Made from cardboard decorated with metallic and coloured silk thread and embroidered over with multicoloured design of wavy lines. The two parts fit together and were once lined with white paper.
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade