Object number
98/74/1-6
Description
Three wooden and three plastic clothes pegs for hanging out laundry. They are all of the spring type. They were collected as examples of different types of pegs in connection with a teacher who did a project on the history of clothes pegs.
Physical description
6 clothes pegs: wood, plastic, metal; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: CLOTHES PEGS // Accession number: 98/74/1–6 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 20.8.99 // Description: Six clothes pegs of the spring type. Three are made of wood with metal springs. Three are made of plastic. One of these is red, one brown and one white. The latter has a different style of spring made from brass. // Dimensions: Length: Between 7 cm and 8 cm // Associated information: These pegs were collected as examples of different types of pegs in connection with a teacher who did a project on the history of clothes pegs.
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