Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Sewing box with tray, various supplies including scissors, buttons, spools of thread, pins and needles.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Vally Kovary
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Sewing equipment and supplies
- Object Type
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Sewing boxes (aat)
- Physical Description
- a: sewing box
b: box interior tray
c: key
d-f: scissors
g: file
h-l: thread
m-o: sets of snaps
p: pincushion with attached pins, needles
q: measuring tape
r: wax
s: thimble
t-u: buttons
v-x: sets of needles - Dimensions
- a: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Depth: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 7.630 inches (19.38 cm) | Depth: 3.880 inches (9.855 cm)
c: Height: 1.130 inches (2.87 cm) | Width: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm)
d: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
e: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 1.630 inches (4.14 cm)
f: Height: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
g: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
h: Height: 1.130 inches (2.87 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
i: Height: 1.130 inches (2.87 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
j: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
k: Height: 1.130 inches (2.87 cm) | Diameter: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
l: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
m: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
n: Height: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
o: Height: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
p: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm)
q: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
r: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm)
s: Height: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) | Diameter: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm)
t: Diameter: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
u: Diameter: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm)
v: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
w: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
x: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) - Materials
- a : wood, metal
b : wood
c : metal
d : metal
e : metal
f : metal
g : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Vally Kovary, daughter of Ingrid Neuhaus Kovary.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-23 16:53:17
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn700082
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