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id="content_area" class="full_width"> <div class="page"> <div id="content_box"> <div id="content" class="hfeed"> <div id="archive_intro"> <h1>Treen & wood</h1> </div> <div class="teasers_box top"> <div class="post-2394 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-1700s category-1800s category-1900s category-antiques-collectibles category-crafts category-knitting category-needlework category-textiles category-woodware-treen teaser" id="post-2394"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/darning-eggs-mushrooms/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Darning eggs, balls, & mushrooms">Darning eggs, balls, & mushrooms</a></h2> <div class="format_teaser entry-content"> <a class="post_image_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/darning-eggs-mushrooms/" title="Permanent link to Darning eggs, balls, & mushrooms"><img class="thumb alignleft" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650im_/http://www.homethingspast.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/darning-tn.jpg" width="100" height="173" alt="Thumbnail image for Darning eggs, balls, & mushrooms"/></a> <p>A hundred years ago could anyone imagine that darning tools would now be unrecognisable except to antiques or crafts enthusiasts? There always used to be a steady supply of darning in the family mending bag. A woman sitting darning was a common sight, and so was a darning egg. Inside a stocking or sock with […]</p> </div> <a class="teaser_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/darning-eggs-mushrooms/" rel="nofollow">Read more</a> </div> <div class="post-491 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-1800s category-antiques-collectibles category-dairy category-woodware-treen teaser teaser_right" id="post-491"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/wooden-butter-tubs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Butter tubs can be beautiful">Butter tubs can be beautiful</a></h2> <div class="format_teaser entry-content"> <a class="post_image_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/wooden-butter-tubs/" title="Permanent link to Butter tubs can be beautiful"><img class="thumb alignleft" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650im_/http://www.homethingspast.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butter-tub-tn.jpg" width="100" height="134" alt="Thumbnail image for Butter tubs can be beautiful"/></a> <p>Wooden tubs with fine carving inside the lid were traditional containers for a few pounds of butter in parts of Norway and other Scandinavian countries. Some were beautifully finished on the outside too, and could be used to take butter to festive gatherings and serve it attractively. Because the interior carving gave the top of […]</p> </div> <a class="teaser_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/wooden-butter-tubs/" rel="nofollow">Read more</a> </div> </div> <div class="teasers_box"> <div class="post-218 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-antiques-collectibles category-crafts category-woodware-treen category-wooden-antiques teaser" id="post-218"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/love-gifts-carved-wood/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Love tokens and betrothal gifts carved from wood">Love tokens and betrothal gifts carved from wood</a></h2> <div class="format_teaser entry-content"> <a class="post_image_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/love-gifts-carved-wood/" title="Permanent link to Love tokens and betrothal gifts carved from wood"><img class="thumb alignleft" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650im_/http://www.homethingspast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/distaff-tn.jpg" width="100" height="163" alt="Lithuanian distaff"/></a> <p>I keep coming across nicely carved antiques that were made to be useful, while the decoration shows they were designed as courtship, engagement or marriage gifts. The idea of handmade love tokens is still alive today: especially the tradition of carving love spoons. Craftspeople who make them often use longstanding folk art designs that evolved […]</p> </div> <a class="teaser_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/love-gifts-carved-wood/" rel="nofollow">Read more</a> </div> <div class="post-553 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-1500s-1600s category-grooming-health-beauty category-medieval category-woodware-treen category-wooden-antiques teaser teaser_right" id="post-553"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/medieval-renaissance-h-combs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Medieval and Renaissance combs">Medieval and Renaissance combs</a></h2> <div class="format_teaser entry-content"> <a class="post_image_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/medieval-renaissance-h-combs/" title="Permanent link to Medieval and Renaissance combs"><img class="thumb alignleft" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650im_/http://www.homethingspast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/comb-1600s-tn.png" width="100" height="140" alt="17th century comb"/></a> <p>The most beautiful combs owned by ladies in late medieval and Renaissance times were highly ornamented in between their two rows of teeth. They look special, and they are. Some of the best were given as love tokens, and the fine, lacy carving included mottos, hearts, dates or initials. Did the young ladies use their […]</p> </div> <a class="teaser_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/medieval-renaissance-h-combs/" rel="nofollow">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebars"> <div id="sidebar_1" class="sidebar"> <ul class="sidebar_list"> <li class="widget widget_killer_recent_entries" id="widget_killer_recent_entries-2"> <h3>Newest posts</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/darning-eggs-mushrooms/" title="Click to read Darning eggs, balls, & mushrooms" rel="bookmark">Darning eggs, balls, & mushrooms</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/wooden-butter-tubs/" title="Click to read Butter tubs can be beautiful" rel="bookmark">Butter tubs can be beautiful</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408165650/http://www.homethingspast.com/games-tables/" title="Click to read Games tables" rel="bookmark">Games tables</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="widget widget_text" id="text-23"><h3>Have your say</h3> <div class="textwidget"><p>Scroll down to add your comment. 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