Embroiderers Guild, Victoria
Tool - One of a pair of Bone Winding Clamps, carved base, decorated with birds. Topped by rotating cage with four uprights and central spindle, joining two discs. Top Finial missing lower bone screw, 1840's
... Winding clamp...Pairs of clamps with hollow winding frames revolving on a spindle were used with the threads stretched between them to wind into a more usable form...One of a pair of Bone Winding Clamps, carved base, decorated with birds. ...Pairs of clamps with hollow winding frames revolving on a spindle were used with the threads stretched between them to wind into a more usable form Prior to 1840's when manufacturers began to sell sewing thread ready for use, winding clamps and similar were needed to transform skeins of thread into a spool so it could be used without tangling Winding clamp Clamp base decorated with birds One of a pair of Bone Winding Clamps, carved base, decorated with birds. ...
When threads of silk, linen and cotton, were supplied in skeins, they had to be transferred to spools. Pairs of clamps with hollow winding frames revolving on a spindle were used with the threads stretched between them to wind into a more usable formPrior to 1840's when manufacturers began to sell sewing thread ready for use, winding clamps and similar were needed to transform skeins of thread into a spool so it could be used without tanglingOne of a pair of Bone Winding Clamps, carved base, decorated with birds. Topped by rotating cage with four uprights and central spindle, joining two discs. Top Finial missing lower bone screwClamp base decorated with birdswinding clamp
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