Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Spinning/Weaving Accessory (Swing Shaft?)
Object Number:
N-360
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 15 in. ( 71.1 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to top of base: "SWIFT / AT[?] / . . . BASE"
Description:
Swift stand (winding apparatus missing); narrow, cylindrical wooden shaft, which is squared at lower end, mounted vertically atop slightly domed circular base carved from solid wood.
Gallery Label:
Weavers used swifts to aid in unwinding hanks on to bobbins or quills; knitters used them for winding skeins into balls.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
