Needle, carpet
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL
- DATE
- 1882
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0873.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- ROSS
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BODY & METAL COMPONENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.5 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Textile working
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PULLS MATERIAL THROUGH CARPET CANVAS FORMING A LOOP IN THE MATERIAL & HOOKING THE MATERIAL ONTO THE CANVAS - Technical
-
RUG HOOKING WAS A VERY POPULAR CRAFT IN N.AMERICA IN 18TH-19TH CENTURIES: IT WAS ALSO VERY TIME CONSUMING & REQUIRED GREAT PATIENCE (REF 2, P.114) THIS TOOL SIMPLIFIED AND SPEEDED UP THE PROCESS: EACH LOOPTO BE HOOKED REQUIRED ONLY THE THRUST OF THE NEEDLE BAR THROUGH THE BASE FABRIC AND WITHDRAWL WITH THE OTHER BAR; WITH PRACTICE THE OPERATION WAS RAPID. (RUSSELL, P. 122) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED INTO BODY 'ROSS PAT./ MAR. 6, 1882'
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT
- Finish
- UNFINISHED BROWN BODY & BLACK COMPONENTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Needle, carpet, after 1882, Artifact no. 1986.0873, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0873.001/
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