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Antique Treen Rosewood Sewing Companion - Includes Six Sewing Tools
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Antique Treen Rosewood Sewing Companion - Includes Six Sewing Tools

19th century
Sold 1 January 1900 · Opus Antiques
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This is an antique rosewood sewing companion, standing on three turned peg feet. In the centre is a rosewood pin cushion in the shape of a turret and around the outside are six additional sewing tools, three removable reel stands, a smaller pin cushion in the form of a turret, a tape measure  holder in the shape of a turret, lacking a tape measure and a turned thimble holder.  Beautifully made and in good condition.

It measures approx 8cm w x 9cm h.

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Opus Antiques has dated this Rosewood Sewing Companion Treen to the 19th Century.

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This is an antique rosewood sewing companion, standing on three turned peg feet. In the centre is a rosewood pin cushion in the shape of a turret and around the outside are six additional sewing tools, three removable reel stands, a smaller pin cushion in the form of a turret, a tape measure  holder in the shape of a turret, lacking a tape measure and a turned thimble holder.  Beautifully made and in good condition.

It measures approx 8cm w x 9cm h.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Rosewood Sewing Companion Treen to the 19th Century.

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An antique turned rosewood sewing companion featuring a central turret-shaped spool holder surrounded by turned finials and sewing tools on a circular base with feet. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An antique turned rosewood sewing companion featuring a central turret-shaped spool holder surrounded by turned finials and sewing tools on a circular base with feet. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Antique Treen Rosewood Sewing Companion - Includes Six Sewing Tools

Archive II An antique turned rosewood sewing companion featuring a central turret-shaped spool holder surrounded by turned finials and sewing tools on a circular base with feet. View II
Archive III An antique turned rosewood sewing companion featuring a central turret-shaped spool holder surrounded by turned finials and sewing tools on a circular base with feet. View III
Archive IV An antique turned rosewood sewing companion featuring a central turret-shaped spool holder surrounded by turned finials and sewing tools on a circular base with feet. View IV
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An antique turned rosewood sewing companion featuring a central turret-shaped spool holder surrounded by turned finials and sewing tools on a circular base with feet.
Antique Treen Rosewood Sewing Companion - includes six sewing tools
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An antique turned rosewood sewing companion featuring a central turret-shaped spool holder surrounded by turned finials and sewing tools on a circular base with feet.
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  • ObjectSewing Accessories
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialRosewood
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsCastellated turret, Turned finials, Circular platform base, Spool holders

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An antique treen sewing companion is a small domestic object crafted from turned wood, designed to organise sewing accoutrements such as thread spools, thimbles, and needles in 18th and 19th-century households.

Craftsmen primarily utilised dense hardwoods such as rosewood, mahogany, boxwood, and walnut, often shaping them on a lathe to create detailed finials, spool spindles, and precise screw-threaded containers.

Authentic pieces display characteristic rich graining, natural age patina, minor hand-lathe imperfections, and wear around functional areas like thread spindles and turned feet, distinct from modern machine replication.

These compact carved wooden objects function well as decorative accents on curated bookshelves, mantelpieces, or sideboards alongside other historic tabletop curiosities and leather-bound volumes.

Dust regularly with a soft dry microfibre cloth, apply a high-grade beeswax paste sparingly once a year, and keep the object away from direct sunlight, dampness, and central heating radiators to prevent cracking.
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