Ivory and Bone Yarn Swift
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Swifts, or yarn-winders, were used in the home in place of an extra pair of hands. They held skeins of yarn or thread while it was being wound onto spools or rewound into measured lengths. This is a particularly large example, which fastened to the edge of a table with the clamp on the bottom.
place: label: Place Made
content: World
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Caroline E. Bates
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T03311.000
label: catalog number
content: T03311.000
label: accession number
content: 59652
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Swift
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 3 in; 60.96 cm x 7.62 cm