1911.29.17.3

Collection type

Object

Description

Length of wood, part of a swift, to be attached to lace bobbin winder. For the other components of the winder see [1911.29.17 .1 - .10] [BS [OPS Move] 12/5/2017]

Long description

Length of wood with round perforations at each end, part of a swift, to be attached to lace bobbin winder. For the other components of the winder see [1911.29.17 .1 - .10] [BS [OPS Move] 12/5/2017]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Oxfordshire Launton

Cultural groups

English

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Percy Manning

PRM source Percy Manning

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1894

Date collected

1894

Acquisition information

Donated: 1911

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Metal, Process Carpentered, Process Nailed, Process Perforated, Process Carved, Process Bent, Process Woven

Dimensions

Depth: max 29 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 480 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1911.29.17.3

Research and responses

The Bobbin winder was mentioned in a Pitt Rivers Museum Object Collections blog post by Faye Belsey in March 2015. A copy of the post is in the RDF. [http://pittrivers-object.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/lace-facilitating-knowledge-exchange.html accessed 30/03/2015] [MJD 30/03/2015]

According to the British History Online article about Launton 'It was reported in 1808 that two or three poor women, supported by the interest on [John] Henn's bequest, occasionally looked after labourers' children for 2d. or 3d. a week, and taught reading, the catechism, and lace-making.' 'Parishes: Launton', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 6, ed. Mary D Lobel (London, 1959), pp. 232-243 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol6/pp232-243 [accessed 31 March 2015]. [MJD 31/03/2015]

Search terms: Textile, Tool, Lace Accessory, Winder