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Tin - Pen Nibs, Embroidery Pattern Printing Device, circa 1959
Reg. No: SH 991043
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- Summary:
- Pen Nibs used to print patterns onto fabric for embroidery. They were brought to Australia by Zsofia Molnar, when she migrated in 1959, as she hoped to make embroidery to sell, using traditional Hungarian patterns. Zsofia and her husband Sandor, were sponsored by their daughter Ella Toth, who had migrated to Australia, with her husband Josef and brother Imre, in 1957 after fleeing the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Zsofia never made embroidery to sell, although she and Ella did make embroidery for family members and for sale in Hungarian church fetes. Their embroidery was also an important way of preserving their Hungarian culture. Zsofia and Sandor lived with Ella and Josef, first in a house in Surrey Hills then later in Box Hill. Zsofia would look after her granddaughter Sue, while Ella and Josef were at work. Zsofia and Sandor both lived until their 90s, and never wanted to return to Hungary. - Description:
- Contains two pen nibs for the Embroidery Pattern Printing Device
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Ella Toth, 1999
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 15 mm (Height), 32 mm (Width), 63 mm (Length) |
| Dimension Comment: | lid closed |
More information
| Tagged with: | embroidery patterns, hungarian communities, hungarian immigration |
| Themes this item is part of: | Getting In, Immigration Museum Exhibition, 2003-2015, Cultural Diversity Collection, Migration Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Travel - Brought Goods |
| Tertiary Classification: | tools of trade |
| Place Made: | Hungary, circa 1959 |
| User: | Zsofia Molnar, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960s |
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