Bobbins for lace making
date: label: Date
content: 18th–19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Twelve bobbins of [walnut and others]; turned, and ornamented with metal; wighted with jingles. A through c/: wound with brass wire sunk in grooves; d through e/: same type but wire is missing; f/: metal bands sunk in grooves, called "tigers" [many bands missing]' g/: studded with metal and shows grooves for thread wrappings [now missing]; h through l/: studded with metal, called 'leapards".
place: label: made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. C. H. Judkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1939-63-2-a/l
objectType: label: Type
content: appliances & tools
label: Type
content: Bobbins for lace making
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wood, metal and glass