Wool card
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820-1850
Medium:
Oak, iron, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 24 x 8 5/8 in. ( 8.9 x 61 x 21.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden block cut in two parts in horizontal, arcing line; the two halves are studded with iron nails on the sides facing each other and are held together at one end with a wooden bolt with leather cushion; single handle at other end.
Object Number:
2079
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
38903
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hetchel
Classification:
Date:
1751
Medium:
Oak, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 14 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 36.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Hetchel composed of oak block wrapped in sheet iron with rows of iron spikes piercing the wood.
Object Number:
INV.14879
Marks:
punched: in sheet iron on one side of base: "1751"
punched: in sheet iron on opposite side of base: "GM"
Gallery Label:
Hetchels, or heckling combs, were used to remove the fibrous core and impurities from flax. The flax was drawn through the bed of iron "nails" to clean and straighten the fibers. After heckling, flax could be spun to make it suitable for weaving into linen.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1751
eMuseum Object ID:
38901
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comb ?
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 6 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 11.7 x 17.5 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular board with fourteen curving nails driven through in arched row.
Object Number:
N-139
Gallery Label:
Hetchels, or heckling combs, were used to remove the fibrous core and impurities from flax. The flax was drawn through the bed of iron "nails" to clean and straighten the fibers. After heckling, flax could be spun to make it suitable for weaving into linen.
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
38900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hetchel
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Fruitwood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 24 1/4 x 6 in. ( 12.7 x 61.6 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Hetchel composed of rectangular fruitwood board with the central area of iron spikes piercing through the wood.
Object Number:
Z.64
Marks:
stamped: into the board in several places: "ID"
Gallery Label:
Hetchels, or heckling combs, were used to remove the fibrous core and impurities from flax. The flax was drawn through the bed of iron "nails" to clean and straighten the fibers. After heckling, flax could be spun to make it suitable for weaving into linen.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
38871
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Clothes pin
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pine clothespin made from a single piece of wood with rectangular body.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.76
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
38870
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing clamp
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850-1900
Medium:
Steel, velvet
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 17.8 x 5.7 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Steel sewing bird with four spools; a clip with curved handle, and a brown velvet cushion; thumb screw.
Object Number:
Z.72
Gallery Label:
Clamps, often crowned with a pin cushion, were screwed to the side of a table and gave sewers a free hand with which to cut or pin. During the 1850s, clamps in the form of birds, referred to as "hemming birds," were particularly popular.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
38869
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Shuttle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Wood, plastic, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 3/4 x 1 in. ( 34.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Wood (probably mahogany) shuttle with iron and turned wood bobbin, iron tips on ends, white plastic eyelets.
Object Number:
Z.66
Marks:
stamped: on top: "244/C. WALDER/PATTERSON"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
38867
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hetchel
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 25 1/2 x 7 in. ( 7 x 64.8 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Hetchel composed of wooden base with two hand holes and a circular section of iron spikes in the center; decorated with carved concentric circles and flower and lettering.
Object Number:
2067
Marks:
impressed: on front: anchor
Gallery Label:
Hetchels, or heckling combs, were used to remove the fibrous core and impurities from flax. The flax was drawn through the bed of iron "nails" to clean and straighten the fibers. After heckling, flax could be spun to make it suitable for weaving into linen.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
38866
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crimping iron
Classification:
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 17 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 43.5 x 18.1 cm )
Description:
Wooden crimping iron on rectangular wooden base; press is hinged at one end and has a handle opposite; the inside is incised with lines on one side, corresponding to strips of metal with edges raised on the other.
Object Number:
Z.77
Gallery Label:
This crimping iron was used to pleat cuffs and jabots.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
38185
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shuttle
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Fruitwood, iron, ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 3/4 x 1 x 1 in. ( 34.9 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Fruitwood shuttle with iron quill and iron tips on ends, white ceramic eyelets.
Object Number:
Z.67
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
38147
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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