Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1920

Materials

WOOD, STEEL, LEATHER

No. Pieces

5

Description

1. BELT: 39.2CM (L) X 1.9CM (W) X 0.2CM (T). BROWN LEATHER BELT IS SEWN IN A LOOP BY THREE STITCHES OF WHITE WOOL. LEATHER IS DRY, WORN AT ENDS, AND COLOUR IS FADING. 2. CRANK: 19.7CM (L) X 12.1CM (W). WOODEN HANDLE IS CURVED WITH A SLOPE TOWARDS THE CENTRE, AND THE END WHICH CONNECTS TO THE ARM IS SLIGHTLY FLARED. OUTSIDE END OF HANDLE HAS ROUND STEEL COVER. HANDLE SCREWS ONTO STEEL ARM, IS HELD IN PLACE WITH A BOLT. STEEL ARM HAS SLIGHT CURVE IN SHAPE, AND ATTACHES TO THE CARDING MACHINE BY SCREWING ON TO THE PIN OF THE LARGE WHEEL OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME. STEEL IS CORRODING, WOOD IS WORN AND CHIPPED IN PLACES. 3. MACHINE: 22.4CM (H) X 55.7CM (L) X 27.6 CM (W). HAS WOODEN FRAME WITH TWO LENGTHWISE BOARDS THAT HAVE THE WIDTH BOARDS NOTCHED INTO THEM AT EITHER END. FRAME STANDS ON FOUR WOOD LEGS. ON TOP OF FRAME IN FRONT IS A GOLD COLOURED SHEET OF STEEL WHICH IS BENT UP ON SIDES IN A SHOVEL SHAPE BACK SECTION IS LAYED FLAT WITH THE END CURLED SLIGHTLY UP. THIS END IS UNDERNEATH A ROUND ROLLER WHICH HAS A LEATHER COVER NAILED ON TO IT, AND THE LEATHER HAS MANY STEEL TEETH BENT IN TO IT. ROLLER HAS STEEL PIPE THROUGH ITS MIDDLE WHICH EXTENDS TO TWO SMALL BLOCKS THAT ARE BOLTED ONTO THE FRAME. ON THE LEFT SIDE A BROWN WOODEN WHEEL IS ATTACHED THROUGH THE MIDDLE ON THE PIPE, OUTSIDE OF THE BLOCK. AN IDENTICAL BUT LARGER ROLLER IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SMALL ONE. IT HAS THE PIPE RESTING ON THE WOOD BLOCKS. ON THE RIGHT SIDE THE CRANK MENTIONED ABOVE IS ATTACHED TO THE PIPE. THERE IS NOTHING ON THE LEFT. ON THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE FRAME IS A STEEL BAR WHICH IS SCREWED ONTO THE FRAME. ANOTHER HOLE IS BELOW IT, AND AT THE END IT IS BENT NINETY DEGREES WITH A HOLE THAT HAS A FLAT THUMB SCREW THROUGH IT. BACK RIGHT FRAME HAS SMALL STEEL PIECE WHICH IS BENT AT NINETY DEGREES AND HAS A STEEL END SCREWED AND BOLTED THROUGH IT. THIS HANDLE EXTENDS DOWN FROM THE WOOD BLOCKS ABOVE IT. BACK LEFT FRAME HAS THE SAME HANDLE. IN FRONT OF IT IS A STEEL PIECE SCREWED INTO BOTTOM OF FRAME. IS WIDER AT BOTTOM, HAS NARROW POINT AT TOP. TOP HAS A HOLE WHICH A SCREW THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE TOP BLOCK COMES THROUGH. STEEL HAS TWO WOOD ROLLERS ON IT. TEETH ARE BENT, MUCH CORROSION, SURFACE DIRT. 4. PADDLE: 24.6CM (L) X 22.9CM (W) X 2.6CM (W). WOODEN CARDER HAS ROUND HANDLE THAT IS SPLIT AT THE END TO NOTCH ON TO WOOD FACE. HANDLE NARROWS TOWARDS COMBS AND HAS TWO SCREWS TO SECURE IT. TOP IS RECTANGULAR WITH PIECE OF LEATHER NAILED ON THE FRONT. IN THE LEATHER ARE MANY STEEL TEETH FOR COMBING. TEETH ARE BENT, LEATHER IS DRY AND FADED. WOOD IS CHECKED WITH SOME SCRATCHES. CORNERS ARE WORN. HAS BROWN GASH ON HANDLE. 5. PADDLE: IDENTICAL TO #4 EXCEPT DOES NOT HAVE BROWN GASH ON HANDLE.

Subjects

TEXTILEWORKING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

ORIGINATED FROM MRS. QUEENIE PATAPOFF WHO WAS BORN IN RUSSIA. THE FAMILY IMMIGRATED IN THE FALL OF 1912. SHE HANDED THE WOOL CARDING MACHINE DOWN TO HER DAUGHTER FLORENCE PATERA AROUND 1928. MACHINE WAS USED UNTIL THE FALL OF 1982 ONLY FOR MAKING QUILTS FOR THE FAMILY. THE PADDLES CARD THE WOOL IN LITTLE PATCHES, THE MACHINE CARDS THEM IN A SMALL BATT. DOUKHABOR ARTIFACT.

Catalogue Number

P19950006000

Acquisition Date

1995-02

Collection

Museum

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