Identifier
2011-03-0119
Title
Housewife Sewing Kit
Description
Cream fabric 'housewife' sewing kit. Machine stitched with pocket containing needles, thread, scraps of leather, designed to roll up and be tied with fabric straps.
Creator
Medium
Format
620 x 100 x 30mm unfolded, including ties
Provenance
Belonged to Ernest Edward Leslie Stuart, who served in France and Belgium during World War One. Ernest and his brother Donald enlisted at ages 18 and 16, walking from Wellington NSW to Sydney to enlist.
Date
First World War, 1914-1918
Audience
Case 13
Date Created
Thursday, 27 February 2014