Eg var nettopp innom Lynette Anderson sin blogg. Ho hadde sett verdas finaste syskrin, og meinte det var frå Østerrike. Lynette held til i Australia.
Det var noko merkeleg kjent med dette skrinet, om ein altså ser vekk frå dekormålinga på det:
I don’t usually blog in English, but today I am making an exception:
I just checked Lynette Anderson's blog, and she has a photo of the most beautiful old sewing box that probably came from Austria more than half a century ago.
It seemed strangely familiar to me, except for the folkart decorations:
Mannen i huset arva dette etter si farmor Fanny, som var sydame i Oslo. Også dette skrinet er, som Lynette skriv, fylt av gamle trespolar, måleband, knappar og nåler.
Det ho ikkje nemnde, er den svært framtredande lukta av møllkuler. Veldig kjekt å ha – og veldig kjekt at mannen tenkte på meg, og spurte om det var ok at han fekk dette.
The man of the house inherited this from his paternal grandmother, who was a seamstress in Oslo. This box is also filled with wooden spools, needles, ribbons, tapemeasures and buttons.
What Lynette mentioned nothing about, is a very distinct odour – of mothballs.
I am very happy to have this box, and also grateful that my husband recognized that it would mean a lot to me to give it a place in our home.
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3 kommentarer:
Thanks for posting in English, you should do it more often then more of us could read your blog!
Yes, the mothball smell, faint but definitely there. Your box looks to be in good condition.
Lynettex
Det er en riktig skatt du har fått! Syskrinet er nydelig!
My mother has a similar sewing box, - minus the wheels. My father made it for her long before I was born.
They were rather common, I think, - I seem to remember seeing similar sewing boxes in nearly every home in our neighbourhood when I grew up. I think they are very beautiful, and practical for storing all the small bits.
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