Object number
61/11
Description
White lacemaker's bag, for holding bobbins and lacemaking tools and materials. Used by a lacemaker in Buckinghamshire and the Thame district.
This white string bag is a lacemaker's bag, for holding bobbins and other lacemaking tools and materials. It was used by a lacemaker (the original donor's great-grandmother) who made pillow-lace in Buckinghamshire and the Thame district. It is made of white string lined with green cotton and with a plaited draw string.
Physical description
1 bag: cotton
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'LACEMAKERS BAG // The bobbins may have come from Oxfordshire (see correspondence). See also 61/12/1-97. The bag contained 97 bobbins on arrival. // [insert] Correspondence with 61/12/1-97 Bobbins // CRAFTS Textile lace // White string bag lined with green cotton material, and with plaited draw string. // 8 1/2" x 9 1/2" [end insert]'
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