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Bobbin Reel

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1700-1800

GUSN

GUSN-2851

Description

Flattened round end with chip-carved edge on tapering shaft with cuff-like extension at mid-secion; a button terminus.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spools
Pine
Carved
Bobbin

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Europe

Dimensions

2 3/4 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1312

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