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Box, Needlework

Sewing box, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1950.3572.1a-e
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Steam-bent curly maple carrier (a) and lid (b) bands with four swallow tails on the carrier and one on the lid secured by copper tacks. The carrier has a plywood top and bottom headers held by copper tacks. The handle is steam-bent maple which pivots on trunk rivets through handle ends and carrier walls and peened over copper burrs on inside. the inside of the carrier is lined with shiny pink fabric and fitted with needle case (c), "tomato" pincushion (d), strawberry emery (e) and wax cake attached to lining. The exterior of the carrier is varnished over unstained wood.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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Shane Rothe

Curatorial Associate

Shane Rothe (they/them) joined Shaker Museum in July 2023, working with independent curator Maggie Taft on an exhibition for the new museum space in Chatham. Shane is an artist as well as a curator and continues to create in the mediums of painting, sculpture, writing, and performance. Shane holds a BFA from CalArts and an MA in art history and curatorial studies from the University of Chicago.