Object Details
- Description
- Crochet hook with a celluloid handle. The “MEF / 10 / Pat. Aug. 17, 1915” inscription refers to Mary E. Fitch, the crochet enthusiast of Brookline, Mass., who obtained a design patent on the form.
- Ref: Mary E. Fitch, “Crochet Needle,” U.S. Design Patent 47,718 (Aug. 17, 1915).
- Mary E. Fitch, Filet Crochet with Instructions (Brookline, 1915).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1915-1925
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1750
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1750
- Object Name
- crochet hook
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (handle material)
- ferrous metal (hook material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 cm x 1.4 cm x .4 cm; 4 5/16 in x 9/16 in x 3/16 in
- overall: 4 3/8 in x 9/16 in x 3/16 in; 11.1125 cm x 1.42875 cm x .47625 cm
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Women Inventors
- Record ID
- nmah_1348649
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-a985-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
