Description |
1 online resource (viii, 88 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
Contents |
Notes on Illustrations; Foreword; Metal Sewing-Thimbles; Metal Ring-Type Thimbles; Metal Domed Thimbles; Metal Open-Top Thimbles; Metal Finger-Guards; Metal Palm-Irons; Metal So-called Palm Guards; Bibliography |
Summary |
This reference work deals specifically with all types of sewing-thimble made from copper-alloy or silver, or either of these materials combined with iron or steel, and found in Britain. Domed, ring-type and open-top sewing-thimbles are described, among them unusual examples and others previously absent from the known record |
Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2018 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service |
Audience |
Specialized |
Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2018) |
Subject |
Thimbles -- Great Britain -- History
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Sewing -- Equipment and supplies -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
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Antiquities
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Sewing -- Equipment and supplies
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Thimbles
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Catalogs
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Subject |
Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
Catalogs
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Trevarthen, Mike, illustrator
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Archaeopress, publisher.
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ISBN |
1784919462 |
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9781784919467 |
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