Lace bobbin winder.

Collection type: Object
Description: Lace bobbin winder.
Long description: Lace bobbin winder [.1]. The winder consists of a bent wooden wheel with six spokes inserted into a wooden post which is in turn inserted into a wooden base. There is a wooden pulley between two vertical posts opposite the wheel. There is a wooden drawer in the side of the base [.3]. Attached to the wooden base on one side of the wheel is a length of wood with vertical wooden post at one end. Detached from the bobbin winder are two lengths of wood (swifts) [.2] joined together in an 'x' shape with three round perforations at each end and [.4] a further swift. The wood has been damaged by woodworm. [MJD (Verve) 19/4/2016]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Northamptonshire Orlingbury
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Percy Manning; PRM source Percy Manning
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1911
Date collected: By 1911
Acquisition information: Donated: 1911
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carpentered, Process Nailed
Dimensions: Height: max 350 mm, Length 370 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1911.29.18.1

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