Chinese Embroidery Tools Collection

Group of seven Chinese embroidery tools, comprising tin to told dye in textile production, c.1920, a timber handled hole punch, c.1875, wooden needlecase with tiny compartments, c.1875, an unusual needlecase with calligraphy and beads, c.1875, a wooden ruler, a pair of scissors with rounded handles and a hole punch with practical wooden handle (see note) (7) note: see example on page 114 Exhibition catalogue 'A Thousand Years of bound Feet' from the National Museum of history, Beijing. Provenance: collection of Judith Rutherford