Travel kit

Applied Arts

Inventory number
2019.3.7.2ae.AA.BX.1935.BE
Description
Small sewing case made as a souvenir of the 1935 World Fair held in Brussels from April 27 to November 25, 1935.
The travel kit is in the form of a small lacquered metal octagonal tube on which there is a pompom of black, yellow and red color (from the Belgian flag). It contains, under a thimble, a wooden bobbin case with the same color threads wrapped around added with white. The hollow interior contains needles, pins and a safety pin.
Materials
Metal
Wood
Cotton
Origin
1935 Brussels, Belgium