Spinning Bobbins, Industrial

Object/Artifact

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Two spinning bobbins, standing upright, in the position they would have been in when snapped into spinning machines.

Two spinning bobbins, standing upright, in the position they would have been in when snapped into spinning machines.

Name/Title

Spinning Bobbins, Industrial

Entry/Object ID

2024.7.01

Description

Two c. 19th-century wooden industrial spinning bobbins, for use in spinning machines (spinning frames). Flanges are wood covered with brass. Made of a hardwood. Varnished and polished. Wood a single, solid piece.

Use

While today's spinning frames use steel bobbins, older spinning machines used bobbins made of hard wood, sanded and polished. As thread or yarn was drawn and spun, it was wound onto spinner bobbins. When the bobbins became full, the spinners removed them from the machines and replaced them with empty ones. Doffers (also called bobbin boys or bobbin girls) carried the full bobbins on to the next step of manufacturing.

Collection

General Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bobbin

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Diameter

2-1/4 in

Materials

Material

Wood, Brass, Steel, Varnish

Material Notes

Wood is a hardwood. Possibly ash.

Color

Brown

Location

Location

Room

Dugan Mill Factory Floor Exhibit

Building

Duagn Building

Category

Exhibit

Date

May 26, 2024

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Date Examined

May 26, 2024

Examined By

Eves, J.

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Donor inherited them from her mother, who possibly received them from donor's uncle John McCarrick (now deceased), a former volunteer at the Mill Museum.

Exhibition

Factory Floor Exhibit

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

May 26, 2024

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 26, 2024