Antique Needle Book 1914 Brabant Needle Co. Redditch England Leather Portrait

Description

OFFERED ... an antique needle book by Brabant Needle Co., Redditch, England; August 11, 1914; No. 1106773.  The book is lovely.  It has a leather back.  The cover is thick paper that is glued to the front; it has the printed portrait image of a beautiful Victorian girl holding a pink-and-white bouquet, pink ribbon in her hair; grey background.  The print is marked "NPG" in a circle in the left bottom corner, and I believe that stands for National Portrait Gallery, which would indicate this image is located there.  In the right bottom corner is a reference number "2376."  There are six pages to the book.  The first page is dark blue paper; on the back side of this page is a packet of needles with information about the needles and the maker, Brabant Needle Company.  The next four pages are cloth pages (wool, I believe) that have numerous needles and a piece of glued paper on each page to indicate the type of needles they are, starting with the second page:  2) Sharps; 3) Straw, Embroidery, Rug, Chenille; 4) Double Long Darning; 5) Pack, Yarn.  The last and sixth page is another dark blue paper page that is blank.  It is in good antique condition with wear commensurage with age.  A very nice piece for the collector.