January and Wood Company Boxes of Maysville Spool Warp

Object/Artifact

Windham Textile and History Museum

Three cardboard boxes with vintage branding for Maysville Guild and January and Wood Company.

Name/Title

January and Wood Company Boxes of Maysville Spool Warp

Entry/Object ID

2025.99.1

Description

Three brown carboard thread boxes with black and red writing from the January and Wood Company, including a number of spools of thread. The boxes are torn in various places but are mostly intact. Two of the boxes contain a few spools of grey thread and the third box is full of spools of beige thread. The January and Wood company operated out of Maysville, KY and was active from 1851 to 2003. They were a cotton mill whose production focused on home weaving needs for cloth and rugs, as well as all-purpose string. One side of each box is dedicated to a call for weavers to join the Maysville Guild, also known as the Maysville Guild of Home Weavers. Members of the guild received a periodical called The Shuttle with tips and techniques for home weaving.

Collection

General Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Box, Packing

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Box

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-D-2

Date

September 28, 2025

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

September 28, 2025

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

September 28, 2025