Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession Number |
2003.42.00 |
Catalog Number |
2003.42.01b |
Object Name |
Ribbon |
Collection |
Elissa Menconi |
Date |
c.1900 |
Description |
Roll of russet brown 1.5inch silk satin ribbon wound around a cardboard cylinder 5 3/16 inches in diameter, interleaved with white paper between the layers; the cardboard cylinder is printed in pencil "159579" or "159519," and "0643" "50". The end of the ribbon is attached to itself by two small metal pins insert shallowly into the layers of ribbon. The roll of ribbon was part of the stock of a peddler's supply shop owned and operated in Boston, Massachusetts, by George Abdalah, father of Dr. Evelyn Menconi. |
Title |
Roll of Silk RIbbon |
People |
Abdalah, George Menconi, Dr. Evelyn |
Search Terms |
Massachusetts |
Subjects |
Peddlers Ribbons Sewing Sewing equipment & supplies |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |