Needlecase with Scissors

Embroidered needlecase with pair of scissors. Britain/Holland, late 17th century. Embroidered needlecase with pair of scissors. Britain/Holland, late 17th century. Copyright Victoria & Albert Museum, London, acc. no. T.424&A-1988.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a late seventeenth century needlecase with scissors. The needlecase itself was probably made in Britain, but the scissors have been given a Dutch origin. When closed, the needlecase measures 8 x 7 cm. The case is made of embroidered silk, velvet and flannel.

See also the entry on a frog-shaped needlecase from early seventeenth century England, now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

 

V&A online catalogue (retrieved 29 November 2016).

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