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“Jewel” rug-hooking tool, patented 1886 (Auckland Museum 1932.212.1)

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Date: by 1930 (patent 1886, per the museum's record)
Place: USA (patent); found in Auckland, New Zealand
Held by: Auckland War Memorial Museum (via Wikimedia Commons)
Number: 1932.212.1
Themes: Hooked & handmade rugs, Tools & equipment, Hand-tufting tools & the gun, Global diffusion of tufting

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““Jewel” rug-hooking tool, patented 1886 (Auckland Museum 1932.212.1),” by 1930 (patent 1886, per the museum's record). 1932.212.1, Auckland War Memorial Museum (via Wikimedia Commons). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tool,_rug-hooking_(AM_1932.212-1).jpg.

Research notes

Museum record: “Semi-automated ‘Jewel’ rug-hooking tool for punching pile through backing; metal and wooden tool; wooden handles, painted with floral designs on black; large needle in centre of tool; makers marks painted to handle in gold – ‘Jewel Pat. Allowed’.” Patented in 1886 (USA). “Picked up in Eden Terrace, Auckland by the donor in 1930.”