Crochet hook with three needles

late 19th century

Not on view

The building of railroads during the first half of the nineteenth century led to a tremendous increase in travel, which stimulated the demand for the sumptuous dressing cases retailed by Frederick Jenner and Fabian James Knewstub and other London firms. This luxury case (61.78.1–.50), with its pivoting compartments, secret storage areas, and myriad fittings "which quite exhaust the requisites for the road or the boudoir," certainly made travel as comfortable as it was cumbersome.

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Title: Crochet hook with three needles
Date: late 19th century
Culture: British, London
Medium: Silver
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Amos L. Beaty, 1961
Object Number: 61.78.39a–c
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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