![Jean Renoir Sewing painting by Auguste Renoir at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.](/t/USILC/ILDE197.JPG) | ![Young Woman Sewing painting by Auguste Renoir at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.](/t/USILC/ILDE191.JPG) | ![Young blonde girl sewing painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Rough Point. Newport, RI.](/t/USRI/RINYR332.JPG) | ![Clock with woman using embroidery hoop by Jacques-Claude-Martin Rocquet of Paris at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMB115.JPG) |
Jean Renoir Sewing painting (1898-9) by Auguste Renoir at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. | Young Woman Sewing painting (1879) by Auguste Renoir at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. | Young blonde girl sewing painting (1875) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Clock with woman using embroidery hoop (c1805-10) by Jacques-Claude-Martin Rocquet of Paris at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany. |
![Betsy Ross sewing Old Glory bicentennial pressed glass plate at Fostoria Glass Museum. Moundsville, WV.](/t/USWV/WVVG543.JPG) | ![Covered sewing box at Nichols-Rice-Cherry House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMH248.JPG) | ![Sewing table at Tudor Place. Washington, DC.](/t/USDCM/DCGT225.JPG) | ![Mrs. Lincoln's sewing basket in Lincoln home. Springfield, IL.](/t/USIL/ILSLH24.JPG) |
Betsy Ross sewing Old Glory bicentennial pressed glass plate (1977) at Fostoria Glass Museum. Moundsville, WV. | Covered sewing box at Nichols-Rice-Cherry House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX. | Sewing table at Tudor Place. Washington, DC. | Mrs. Lincoln's sewing basket in Lincoln home. Springfield, IL. |
![Sewing or work table on casters in sitting room at Lindenwald. Kinderhook, NY.](/t/USNYH/NYHV177.JPG) | ![Mahogany work table from New Glasgow, NS at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTR6291.JPG) | ![Sewing cabinet at Nichols-Rice-Cherry House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMH242.JPG) | ![Sewing table in Baetge House at Conservation Plaza. New Braunfels, TX.](/t/USTXE/TXJWC138.JPG) |
Sewing or work table on casters in sitting room at Lindenwald. Kinderhook, NY. | Mahogany work table (c1830-40) from New Glasgow, NS at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON. | Sewing cabinet at Nichols-Rice-Cherry House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX. | Sewing table in Baetge House at Conservation Plaza. New Braunfels, TX. |
![Sewing table at Earle-Napier-Kinnard House. Waco, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXWF179.JPG) | !["Martha Washington" sewing table at Fort House. Waco, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXWF282.JPG) | ![Antique sewing stand in long gallery at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland.](/t/UAM/UACPS224.JPG) | ![Armchair & sewing cabinet at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.](/t/USMO/MOLB141.JPG) |
Sewing table at Earle-Napier-Kinnard House. Waco, TX. | "Martha Washington" sewing table (after shape of women's dresses late 1700s) at Fort House. Waco, TX. | Antique sewing stand in long gallery at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland. | Armchair & sewing cabinet at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO. |
![Work table , glass pitcher & tumbler, whale tooth, telescope, whale oil lamp, & oil lamp filler with long spout in California period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC.](/t/USDCM/DCHD347.JPG) | ![Stereopticon at Taft House NHS. Cincinnati, OH.](/t/USOH/OHNHT077.JPG) | ![Game & work table from Boston, MA at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABFF057.JPG) | ![Work table from New England or New York owned by Henry David Thoreau's family at Concord Museum. Concord, MA.](/t/USMAC/MACM085.JPG) |
Work table (1830-40), glass pitcher & tumbler, whale tooth, telescope, whale oil lamp, & oil lamp filler with long spout in California period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC. | Stereopticon at Taft House NHS. Cincinnati, OH. | Game & work table (c1820-30) from Boston, MA at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. | Work table (c1840) from New England or New York owned by Henry David Thoreau's family at Concord Museum. Concord, MA. |
![Lady's globe work table which pivots open from Vienna, Austria at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.](/t/USRI/RISD115.JPG) | ![Chairs, ladies worktable & chest of drawers from Massachusetts in McIntire bedroom at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMG483.JPG) | ![Sewing kit c1850s brought to Texas by German immigrants at Bullock Texas State History Museum. Austin, TX.](/t/USTXD/TXTMH327.JPG) | ![Sewing basket used by Abigail May Alcott at Orchard House. Concord, MA.](/t/USMAC/MACR106.JPG) |
Lady's globe work table which pivots open (1810-20) from Vienna, Austria at RISD Museum. Providence, RI. | Chairs, ladies worktable & chest of drawers from Massachusetts in McIntire bedroom at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX. | Sewing kit c1850s brought to Texas by German immigrants at Bullock Texas State History Museum. Austin, TX. | Sewing basket used by Abigail May Alcott at Orchard House. Concord, MA. |
![Silver gilt sewing box with gemstones by Matthew Crichton of Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.](/t/UAE/UAEM1629.JPG) | ![Sewing devices including bird clamp for holding needles & thread at Hyland House. Guilford, CT.](/t/USCT/CTGH79.JPG) | ![Sewing bird at Denison Homestead Museum. Stonington, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTMD58.JPG) | ![Sewing pin holder clamped to kitchen table in birthplace house at President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park. Plymouth Notch, VT.](/t/USVT/VTC041.JPG) |
Silver gilt sewing box with gemstones (1885) by Matthew Crichton of Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Sewing devices including bird clamp for holding needles & thread at Hyland House. Guilford, CT. | Sewing bird at Denison Homestead Museum. Stonington, CT. | Sewing pin holder clamped to kitchen table in birthplace house at President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park. Plymouth Notch, VT. |
![Display of sewing items in Columbia Museum at Columbia State Historic Park. Columbia, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG4080.JPG) | ![Antique baskets & sewing objects at Green Gables. Cavendish, PE.](/t/CDNPE/PEG26.JPG) | ![Woven cotton tapes & threads once produced at Stanley Mills. Stanley, Scotland.](/t/UAM/UACPM046.JPG) | ![Shaker sewing box at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, PA.](/t/USPA/PAPM47.JPG) |
Display of sewing items in Columbia Museum at Columbia State Historic Park. Columbia, CA. | Antique baskets & sewing objects at Green Gables. Cavendish, PE. | Woven cotton tapes & threads once produced at Stanley Mills. Stanley, Scotland. | Shaker sewing box at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, PA. |
![Thread spool holder with pin cushion in sewing room at Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.](/t/USNYL/NYXNP382.JPG) | ![Thread spool rack which belonged to Pardee family at Pardee Home Museum. Oakland, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGKH106.JPG) | ![Sewing stand with carved whale ivory pieces at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.](/t/USNYL/NYXCS162.JPG) | ![Whale ivory bobbin thread holder at New Bedford Whaling Museum. New Bedford, MA.](/t/USMA/MAGM259.JPG) |
Thread spool holder with pin cushion in sewing room at Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY. | Thread spool rack which belonged to Pardee family at Pardee Home Museum. Oakland, CA. | Sewing stand with carved whale ivory pieces at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. | Whale ivory bobbin thread holder at New Bedford Whaling Museum. New Bedford, MA. |
![Case for sewing thread by Belding Bros. in Commissary at historic village of Mayborn Museum. Waco, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXWM057.JPG) | ![Sewing thread dispenser in General Store at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.](/t/USVT/VTSMG761.JPG) | ![Sewing thread counter in General Store at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.](/t/USVT/VTSMG760.JPG) | ![Thread & antique shoes in N.K. Whitney Store at Historic Kirtland Village. Kirtland, OH.](/t/USOHV/OHEKH027.JPG) |
Case for sewing thread by Belding Bros. in Commissary at historic village of Mayborn Museum. Waco, TX. | Sewing thread dispenser in General Store at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT. | Sewing thread counter in General Store at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT. | Thread & antique shoes in N.K. Whitney Store at Historic Kirtland Village. Kirtland, OH. |
![Crochet cotton color sample advertising sign at Arizona Historical Society Museum Downtown. Tucson, AZ.](/t/USAZ/AZTHS150.JPG) |
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Crochet cotton color sample advertising sign at Arizona Historical Society Museum Downtown. Tucson, AZ. |
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