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1920

  • Work on this object ended.

1985

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Skeins Of Yarn (Scotland)

This is a Skeins of yarn. It is dated 1900–1920 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is linen, paper label. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Gift of Margery B. Howe.

  • Spool Of Thread
  • cotton, conductive yarn.
  • Gift of Levi Strauss & Co. and Google Inc..
  • 5843.3.2017

Its dimensions are

H x W (each): 20.3 × 3.8 cm (8 in. × 1 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Bousfield & Co.

Cite this object as

Skeins Of Yarn (Scotland); linen, paper label; H x W (each): 20.3 × 3.8 cm (8 in. × 1 1/2 in.); Gift of Margery B. Howe; 1985-68-10-a/d

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