Object Number 2015.0028.001 VV

Object Name

Tool (for textiles) (Lam)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Mrs. Jeanne L. Asplundh

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Likely made in Berks, Montgomery, or Bucks County.

Date

1750-1900

Materials

Oak

Dimensions (inches)

0.75 (H) , 29.375 (L) , 1.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.905 (H) , 74.613 (L) , 3.81 (W)

Object Description

Web - 12/16/2016

This stick came to Winterthur with a loom used in southeastern Pennsylvania for more than two hundred years.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Pritchard, M. E. 1954 A Short Dictionary of Weaving: Including Some Spinning, Dyeing and Textile Terms and a Beginner's Guide to Weaving and Dyeing. 196.
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