Hook, Crochet
Object number2017.140.3
MediumIvory(?)
Credit LineGift of Cassandra Vivian
DescriptionIvory(?) crochet hook. Two tines. Cylindrical handle has knobbed section below neck and at bottom of handle. Handle ends in a large knob.DimensionsLength x Width x Depth: 4.75 × 0.375 × 0.25 in. (12.1 × 1 × 0.6 cm)Historical NotesCrochet hook used by Carolina Paggini Parigi. Part of a collection related to the Parigi family of Monessen. Italian immigrants Nazzareno Parigi and Carolina Paggini Parigi emigrated from Quarata in the Tuscan countryside of Italy in the early 20th century. While many Tuscan immigrants settled within the city of Pittsburgh and worked in the restaurant industry, the Parigi’s immigrated to rural Westmoreland County, and Nazzareno worked as a laborer for the Pittsburgh Steel Company. Like most Italian women of her era, Carolina was a homemaker. The crochet hook is evocative of the crochet needlework that many Italian women would do in their spare time.
Previous owner
Carolina Paggini Parigi
Related person
Nazzareno Parigi
Related institution
Pittsburgh Steel Company
On View
Not on view
c. 1991
c. 1992
Boye
C. and E. Marshall Company
c. 1994
c. 1996
