Hook, Crochet
Object number2017.140.4
Manufacturer
Boye
OriginUnited States of America
MediumPlastic
Credit LineGift of Cassandra Vivian
DescriptionYellow plastic crochet hook. Cylindrical shaft with one hooked end and narrow grip section near center.DimensionsLength x Diameter: 5.375 × 0.188 in. (13.7 × 0.5 cm)MarksGold text on shaft " "BOYE" G SAME AS SIZE 5 U.S.A. 10¢".
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
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Not on view
C. and E. Marshall Company
Welch Allyn, Inc.
The Foredom Electric Company, A Division of Blackstone Industries, Inc.