Wool Swift

Name/Title

Wool Swift

Entry/Object ID

1940.1.2

Description

Wooden wool swift that is 40 inches high and 15 inches wide and has a "T" shaped base. There are two reels attached to a vertical pole. The reels measure 7 inches long and 7 inches in diameter. Two skein (length or thread of yarn) rovings (long bundle of fiber) were attached and wound into one ball. The revolutions of the whirling framework twisted thread into firm yarn.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Wool Swift

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

#10 from "LHBM Accession Records 1-300" binder

Location

Building

Birth Room, Bailey House

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

8/23/2013

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibit