18th Century Material Culture

Wool Embroidered Pocket Books

Wool Embroidered
Pocketbooks

New England Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1725 - 1740
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

New England Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1725 - 1740
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

New England Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1725 - 1775
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

New England Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1725 - 1775
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

New England Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1725 - 1775
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Pennsylvania

c. 1740 - 1790
(Chester County Historical Society)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1730 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1730 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1760
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1760
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1780
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1790
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1790
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1740 - 1790
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

John Almy 1747
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

John Almy 1747
(Winterthur)

Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

1749
(Private Collection)

NewEngland Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1750
(Private Collection)

French Wool & Metallic Thread Embroidered Pocket Book

Mid 18th Century
(Brunk Auctions)

English Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1750 - 1775
(Winterthur)

English Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1750 - 1775
(Winterthur)

English Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1750 - 1775
(Winterthur)

English Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1750 - 1775
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Delaware

Thomas Yardley 1755
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Delaware

Thomas Yardley 1755
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Delaware

Thomas Yardley 1755
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Delaware

Thomas Yardley 1755
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

SAMUEL - DARLING HIS BOOK AUGUST THE 28TH 1759
(Morristown National Historic Park)

New England Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1760
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

New England Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

c. 1760
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Pennsylvania Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Philadelphia

c. 1760
(Machmer Collection)

Pennsylvania Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Philadelphia

c. 1760
(Machmer Collection)

Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

MARY EATON APRIL 3 1764
(Jan Whitlock)

Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

MARY EATON APRIL 3 1764
(Jan Whitlock)

Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

JAMES MILLER HIS POCKET * BOOK * 1764
(Donolsan Antiques)

NewEngland Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

Possibly by Mary Flower 1765
(Private Collection)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from New Castle, Delaware

"Jane Eakin her book 1766"
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from New Castle, Delaware

"Jane Eakin her book 1766"
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from New Castle, Delaware

"Jane Eakin her book 1766"
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Boston, Massachusetts

Property of Dr. Lemuel Hayward 1768
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Boston, Massachusetts

Property of Dr. Lemuel Hayward 1768
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Boston, Massachusetts

Property of Dr. Lemuel Hayward 1768
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Boston, Massachusetts

Property of Dr. Lemuel Hayward 1768
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

New England (?) Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

M x B 1768
(Skinner)

Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

1774
(William H. Bunch Auctions)

American Wool & Silk Embroidered Pocket Book

1774 ?
(Winterthur)

American Wool & Silk Embroidered Pocket Book

1774 ?
(Winterthur)

American Wool & Silk Embroidered Pocket Book

1774 ?
(Winterthur)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

by Jane Greir for John Greir May 8, 1778
(Skinner)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

by Jane Greir for John Greir May 8, 1778
(Skinner)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

by Jane Greir for John Greir May 8, 1778
(Skinner)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

by Jane Greir for John Greir May 8, 1778
(Skinner)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

by Jane Greir for John Greir May 8, 1778
(Skinner)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Connecticut

2nd Half 18th Century
(Jan Whitlock Antiques)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Connecticut

18th Century
(Jan Whitlock Antiques)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Townsend, Massachusetts

Homestead Watercolor - 2nd Half 18th Century
(Antiques Associates at West Townsend, Inc.)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Townsend, Massachusetts

Homestead Watercolor - 2nd Half 18th Century
(Antiques Associates at West Townsend, Inc.)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Townsend, Massachusetts

Homestead Watercolor - 2nd Half 18th Century
(Antiques Associates at West Townsend, Inc.)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Townsend, Massachusetts

Homestead Watercolor - 2nd Half 18th Century
(Antiques Associates at West Townsend, Inc.)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

18th Century
(Skinner)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Owned by Philadelphia Lawyer, Robert Frazer 18th Century
(Freemans Auctions)

Wool Crewel Worked Pocket Book with Tree of Life Motif

Signed ZS 18th Century
(Jan Whitlock Textiles)

Wool Crewel Worked Pocket Book with Tree of Life Motif

Signed ZS 18th Century
(Jan Whitlock Textiles)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

Late 18th Century
(Pook & Pook)

American Wool Embroidered Pocket Book

Late 18th Century
(Pook & Pook)

Scrap Wool
Pocket Books

 Crazy Quilt Pattern Pocketbook of Worsted Wool Scraps

c. 1760
(Historic Deerfield Collection)

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