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Description: | In the Edwardian era, fashion was often elaborate and highly finished; wealthy men and women had access to the most well had access to the most well tailored clothes possible. Fashions changed quickly, and it was often difficult for people (especially ladies) to keep up. Instead of buying whole new gowns to go with the season, women would often recycle old ones by changing buttons, adding beading and various other trimmings. This needlecase would have been used for such tasks, which would probably have been carried out by a servant.
Needlecase: in the form of a box within a box, the eight sides decorated with photographic lithographs and supporting packets of steel needles, early 20th century, 11.2cm high | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Lithographs Miscellaneous Historical Objects 20th Century | Temporal: | 1905 - 1915
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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