82. Endless Thread. P & L, ca. 1955.

82. Endless Thread. New Haven Connecticut, Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1955. Secret device used to produce a seemingly endless length of thread from a buttonhole or handkerchief. Metal canister with attached needle and thread 1 ¼” in diameter. Very good. A typed note accompanying the device states, “When Abbott’s bought Petrie Lewis, Duke Stern went to New Haven and go this item from Leona Petrie. It was found in a box of parts, and this was the only one which was complete. It was possibly a prototype or commission. Who knows? But is it P&L.”