IVORY COTTON WINDER
Ornate, six "pointed" thin piece of ivory.
Each "point" is crown shaped, with three florets per point.
Deepish curved indents between each point.
Has tawny coloured cotton wrapped around it and crossed over between the points.
Details
Details
'Thread winders are small, flat objects, with a series of points between which thread or silk could be wound. They were made in a wide variety of shapes: square, slight rounded, rectangular, star-shaped and so on. They range in diameter from less than an inch (for fine silks) to about two inches for heavier weights of thread, even large for very thick wools and silk. They also varies considerably in material and were made of ivory, wood, mother-of-pearl, bone. glass, straw-work and horn. Winders were a necessity at a time when thread was spun at home or purchased from a merchant or peddler in skeins or hanks; it had to be wound onto something before sewing commenced so that it would not become tangled or soiled.'
(Source: 'Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework And Sewing' by Mary Carolyn Beaudry, New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2006)
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