Shuttle
probably 19th century (made)
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Shuttle from a workbox (needlework implement), probably for tatting. Carved in low relief from a single piece of wood, cut away in such a way as to produce two virtually identical semi-lenticular leaves forming the top and bottom halves of the shuttle, and connected in the middle by a core of the wood. The thread for tatting is wound on this central core. The top and bottom are carved with an identical motif of central lotus medallion with a flowering and foliated plant with twin buds on either side of it, and with a dentillated narrow guard border.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved wood |
| Brief description | Shuttle from a workbox, carved wood, Bombay or Mysore, India, probably 19th century |
| Physical description | Shuttle from a workbox (needlework implement), probably for tatting. Carved in low relief from a single piece of wood, cut away in such a way as to produce two virtually identical semi-lenticular leaves forming the top and bottom halves of the shuttle, and connected in the middle by a core of the wood. The thread for tatting is wound on this central core. The top and bottom are carved with an identical motif of central lotus medallion with a flowering and foliated plant with twin buds on either side of it, and with a dentillated narrow guard border. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Doris Standon |
| Object history | Registered File number 1979/2434. |
| Historical context | Probably for tatting (a kind of crochet work popular with European ladies in the 18th/19th centuries for making network edging for fabrics). |
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| Accession number | IS.4-1980 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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