Needle, carpet

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OBJECT TYPE: MANUAL
DATE: 1882
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0129.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: ROSS
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD & METAL CONSTRUCTION.

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: 10.6 cm
Height: 2.5 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: Nova Scotia
Period: THIS TYPE OF CARPET NEEDLE USED 1880S TO PRESENT.
Canada: THIS EXAMPLE ORIGINALLY USED IN HALIFAX, NS BY DONOR'S GREAT GRANDPARENTS MR.& MRS. MONSON GOUDGE. RUG HOOKING WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR IN EASTERN CANADA IN MID-1800S, INITIALLY AMONG POORER FAMILIES WHO MADE "RAG RUGS" FROM WORN CLOTHING. INTEREST SPREADTO OTHER SOCIAL CLASSES AND BECAME ONE WAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR VARIOUS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS. INTEREST IN RUG HOOKING DECLINED IN GENERAL POPULARITY AFTER WW II, BUT HAS RE-EMERGED AS POPULAR ARTFORM IN QUEBEC & MARITIMES IN MID 1980S +. (SJB)
Function: PULLS MATERIAL THROUGH CARPET CANVAS, FORMING A LOOP IN THE MATERIAL AND HOOKING THE MATERIAL ONTO THE CANVAS.
Technical: TRADITIONAL TOOL, ALSO KNOWN AS SHUTTLE PUNCH NEEDLE, WHICH SIMPLIFIED AND SPEEDED-UP A FORMERLY TIME CONSUMING PROCESS. EACH LOOP TO BE HOOKED REQUIRES 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: " ROSS PAT./ MAR.6, 1882 " stamped into wood.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: NATURAL FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Needle, carpet, after 1882, Artifact no. 1998.0129, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0129.001/

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