Wool Fiber Carder

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Wool Fiber Carder

Entry/Object ID

3141 a,b

Description

Material: wood, metal. Size: 9" W. x 9" L. Description: natural wood - rectangular wooden plate inset with a bed of metal wire pins - short narrow wooden handle on one long side. (a and b) made one set of carders.

Context

Used by the Ole C. Brecke family in the early years before 1900 to prepare wool for spinning.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1860

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Card, Hand

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

July 27, 1990

Update Date

February 6, 2026