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Textile - Barbour's thread box

  • Cardboard box containing a variety of Barbours linen and silk thread

    Barbours Thread Box

  • Lidded cardboard box containing a variety of silk and linen sewing thread. The tread is sorted in to hanks, ans grouped into seven small cardboard boxes. The inside of the lid shows drawings of a range of products made by the company.

    Inside Barbours box

  • Cardboard box containing a variety of Barbours linen and silk thread
  • Lidded cardboard box containing a variety of silk and linen sewing thread. The tread is sorted in to hanks, ans grouped into seven small cardboard boxes. The inside of the lid shows drawings of a range of products made by the company.

Physical description

Lidded cardboard box containing a variety of silk and linen sewing thread. The tread is sorted in to hanks, ans grouped into seven small cardboard boxes. The inside of the lid shows drawings of a range of products made by the company. The top of the lid shows a drawing of Hilden Mill in Lisburn Ireland.

Inscriptions & markings

On Inside of the lid: "Barbour's LINEN THREAD/WM BARBOUR & SONS, LDT/LINEN THREAD AND SHOE THREAD/MANUFACTURERS/LISBURN IRELAND"
On top of the lid: BARBOURS LISBURN, IRELAND/Barbour's Hilden Mills/Royal Irish Silk or Pure White Lustrous Linnen Thread"

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