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Lace-Making Bobbin1350/4

Turned wooden bobbin, plain design. Five glass beads attached to the end with a loop of steel wire: 2 light blue; 2 dark blue; 1 green.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass, pigment and steel metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace-making Bobbin1350/3

Turned wooden bobbin, decorated with horizonal concentric grooves along the length of the handle. Seven glass beads attached to the end with a loop of steel wire: 2 light blue; 2 yellow; 2 black; 1 cylindrical blue with white and red design on ends.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass, pigment and steel metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace-Making Bobbin1350/2

Turned wooden bobbin, decorated with horizontal concentric grooves and diagonal slash marks. Seven glass beads attached to the end with a loop of steel wire: 2 yellow, 2 blue and white striped, 2 bright blue, 1 blue with yellow and red swirl design.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass, pigment and steel metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Needle Case1350/39 a-b

Polished bone needle case in two parts: the bottom is hollowed out to hold the needles; the top is the lid, threaded to screw onto the bottom piece.

Culture
English
Material
bone
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace-Making Pin1350/37

Set of approximately 165 steel straight pins. The pointed ends are a slightly different colour and appear to have been sharpened.

Culture
English
Material
paper, adhesive and steel metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band1350/33

Rectangular strip of fabric consists of two layers of fabric (1 grey, 1 white), stitched together at the edges, turned, pressed and edgestitched. The white layer is pieced.

Culture
English
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace-making Thread1350/32

Machine-wound ball of very fine white linen thread. White hand-lettered label attached to free end with steel pin.

Culture
English
Material
linen fibre
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin726/9

Thin cylindrical piece of wood that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. White thread is wound around recessed area. Inlaid wood decoration of diagonal lines go around length of bobbin. Small grooves are on most of length, excepting a small area at the centre. The beads vary in size; their colours in order are: clear, blue, amber, clear, brown with grey decoration, clear, amber, blue, and amber.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass, flax fibre and metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pattern524/8 c

Rectangular pinhole pattern with a floral pattern on solid fill of dense, evenly space pinholes. Floral pattern is along one edge and intersperse throughout centre and has been inked on one side of the pattern. A rectangle of cloth has been stitched to either end of the skin.

Culture
English
Material
skin, ink and cotton fibre ?
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pattern524/8 a

Pinhole pattern with empty diamond pattern along one edge and solid fill along the other formed by fairly dense, evenly space pinholes. One zigzag line of diamond pattern has been inked.

Culture
English
Material
paper and ink
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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