Re: [lace] Anyone ever seen anything like this?
Looks like a folding implement for long lengths of material - perhaps from a 19th century textile mill or similar. Agnes Boddington Ebay # 170881599271 Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Anyone ever seen anything like this?
To measure in ells? Looks like a folding implement for long lengths of material - perhaps from a 19th century textile mill or similar. Ebay # 170881599271 -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace] Anyone ever seen anything like this?
Looks similar to the trim card-winders that stores used to display the lace/trims/etc on the shop shelves. The fabric stores used to purchase trims in bulk and then wind off smaller yardage onto card stock for display -- the same as we see now done now by the distributors to the smaller fabric stores. The winders now hold the stiff cardboard while the trim is being wound. The winder shown could have wound the trim to the cardboard size and then the cardboard was inserted inside for the shelf display. Diane Z Lubec, Maine, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Anyone ever seen anything like this?
Hello Laurie and everyone I had a further thought, if the distance between top and bottom of the winder is half of 45, or once around equals 45 inches, then this winder was used for measuring or packaging, in ells. One ell = 45 inches. On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote: To measure in ells? Looks like a folding implement for long lengths of material - perhaps from a 19th century textile mill or similar. Ebay # 170881599271 -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Anyone ever seen anything like this?
Fredrick Fawcett had a mechanized one to measure off skeins of linen thread from a cone. It would automatically count and shut off when it hit the proper yardage. This was back in (OMG) 1976. Cynthia On Jul 20, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Bev Walker wrote: To measure in ells? Looks like a folding implement for long lengths of material - perhaps from a 19th century textile mill or similar. Ebay # 170881599271 -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Anyone ever seen anything like this?
Ells? I have not heard that one since I was at school. My mother used to make our clothes and bought her material from a Jewish family shop, and always went for the person with the longest arms. El (Dutch) was the measurement from the tip of the pinky to the knobble on the elbow, so the longer the arms, the more material you got. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK To measure in ells? Looks like a folding implement for long lengths of material - perhaps from a 19th century textile mill or similar. Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
