Object Record
Metadata
Accession # |
1977.6.1 |
Item Name |
Bag Bag, Needlework Case Case, Carrying Case, Sewing Case, Travelling Suitcase |
Description |
Brown leather bag with a painted brown metal framework; rigid sides; stiff curved handle, covered in leather, attached at top middle with metal rings; brass lock and pull ring at top middle; brass clasps at each end of framework; round brass foot at each corner of bottom. Interior lining is beige coloured and includes a shallow pocket. |
Date |
1900-1930 CIRCA |
Provenance |
Note with the bag: This bag belonged to Miss Harriet Robb, (married name became Payne), who was a seamstress who travelled from house to house doing various jobs for her clients. In her bag she carried her sewing supplies, (i.e. tape measure, scissors, thread, needles etc.). Also, she carried a nightie, change of underwear, hair brush and other personal gear, depending on how long her stay would be. She was apprenticed to a seamstress in London West, Ontario. She lived there all her life (1870-1940). Harriet Robb was the aunt of the donor. |
Person \ Organization |
Robb, Harriet Payne, Harriett Robb |
Place |
London |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1930 |