Hand Carder (Cotton Card)
date: label: date made
content: 1800 - 1840
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Bolton
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Textile Processing and Production
label: Subject
content: Quakers
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388834A
label: catalog number
content: 388834A
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carder, hand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: beech (board; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (carding cloth; tacking strips material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, steel (teeth material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen and wool (textile on handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (tie on handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (including loose textile hanging from handle): 12 1/2 in x 11 in x 1 in; 31.75 cm x 27.94 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: carding surface (across teeth only): 3 5/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 24.13 cm x .635 cm