Objektnummer
66/273/1-5
Beskrivelse
These five rushworking tools were used by Dorothy Wright, an authority on basketmaking. The linen twine was used for sewing plaited rush into hats and baskets and was sold by Good and Sons of Fish Street Hill, London. The lacing needle, intended for lacing footballers, was used to pull the stakes down through the weaving of a border when using the stake-and-strand method, and to add a stalk when one breaks. The packing needle was used for general work, especially for sewing rush plait together. The two kitchen skewers were used for widening a space in the weaving to introduce material, in the same way that a basketmaker uses a bodkin.
Fysisk beskrivelse
1 box of 5 tools: metal (steel), linen twine
Arkivhistorik
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: TOOLS (rushwork) // Acc. No.: 66/273(1–5) // Group: CRAFTS. WOOD. BASKETS // Neg. no.: 60/7816 & 60/8617 // Place of origin: LONDON // Period in use: 1967 // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Linen twine. Steel. Turned steel. // Shape and construction: i) Linen twine // ii) Packing needle // iii) Football laces // iv) Kitchen skewers, 2, 18cms + 13cms. Long. // Dimensions: ii) 4” iii) 7” long iv) 18cm–13cms. // Use: i) For sewing plaits together // ii) For sewing plaits or for the same as iii) when it may have the spikes set in a handle // iii) Sold for lacing footballs. Used to pull the stakes down through the weaving when bordering or to add a stake if one breaks. // iv) As a bodkin is used to other forms of basketry making. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: i) Twine-suppliers – Good & Son, Fish St. Hill E.C.'
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