Object number
68/456/1-3
Description
3 shuttles for tatting, a very hard-wearing form of lace made of knots and loops. Two are made of tortoise shell, and the other of ivory.
These three shuttles are for tatting, a very hard-wearing form of lace made of knots and loops. A shuttle holds the threads and guides them through the loops to make the knots. Two are made of tortoise shell, and the other of ivory. The Museum holds no other information about them.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form – ‘TATTING SHUTTLES // 68/456(3) // CRAFTS Textiles furnishing // Used in exhibition in Whiteknights House [Pencil drawing].’
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External document
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