Tool - Steel bodkin, Bodkin, late 18th to mid 19th century

Historical information

A Bodkin is shaped like an oversized sewing needle with a blunt point and large eye and is used to pull a drawstring through a fabric casing- an essential to clothes fastenings

Significance

When most clothes were laced, bodkins were essential tool for dressing - pulling cords or threads to gather clothing together

Physical description

Steel Bodkin with large eye and rounded end

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