Object number
62/141
Collection
Description
A crease is a tool used to make a line (or in the case of a double crease, two lines) in leather. This can be either decorative, practical, or both. This double crease was used by a saddler and cobbler in Yattendon, Berkshire, who had worked there from 1901 until the early 1960s.
Physical description
1 crease: wood; metal
Archival history
Letter, Miss F. Palmer to Mr Higgs, 2nd May 1962 - 'Our village Saddler + cobbler Mr Burnham has just died. He had had the shop here since 1901 and his father was also a saddler in Reading...'
Production date
1901 - 1962
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_6083.tif - High resolution image
