Housewife, 1815 (c)
housewife, housewife
Accession Number
NAM.2003-11-42-1
Description
Housewife, 1815 (c). Belonged to Capt Newton Chambers, 1st Foot Guards, aide-de-camp to Lt Gen Sir Thomas Picton, GCB, killed at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 Jun 1815. Handmade of pale green silk with cream silk lining, red felt is used for single compartments. Contains five buttons on a piece of card, a piece of silk used as a sample piece, two balls of yellow silk thread. Pieces of lint held together with card, and on star shaped piece of card wound with blue thread. Handwritten on sewn in label, 'N. Chambers', sewn into silk of main compartment body, 'Chambers', sewn into separate sample piece, 'Newton Ch'. Associated with Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars (1815).
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
