Crochet Hook

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/2ee819b0d2ce1e5f05623c929972b383

Title

Crochet Hook

Date

1915-1925

Description

Crochet hook with a celluloid handle. The “MEF / 10 / Pat. Aug. 17, 1915” inscription refers to Mary E. Fitch, the crochet enthusiast of Brookline, Mass., who obtained a design patent on the form.
Ref: Mary E. Fitch, “Crochet Needle,” U.S. Design Patent 47,718 (Aug. 17, 1915).
Mary E. Fitch, Filet Crochet with Instructions (Brookline, 1915).
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Subject

Women
Inventors
Women Inventors

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAH-AHB2017q054255&max=150

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1348649&repo=DPLA

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Citation

“Crochet Hook,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 17, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/24189.

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