THREAD
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SPOOL
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19960085003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SPOOL
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.3
- Diameter
- 3.3
- Description
- NATURAL WOOD SPOOL WITH BRIGHT YELLOW COTTON THREAD WRAPPED ON IT. HAS RED, WHITE AND NAVY BLUE PAPER LABEL ON TOP MARKED "DEWHURST'S SYLKO THREE SHELLS MACHINE TWIST 40", WITH HOLE THROUGH CENTRE OF SPOOL AND LABELS. BOTTOM LABEL IS WHITE AND NAVY BLUE MARKED "J. DEWHURST & SONS SYLKO FAST DYE 100 YDS MADE IN BRITAIN D. 20 YELLOW". LABELS ARE SLIGHTLY WORN BUT SPOOL AND THREAD LIKE NEW.
- Subjects
- TEXTILEWORKING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- DONOR FOUND THE THREAD IN HER SEWING KIT AND BELIEVES THEY BELONGED TO HER MOTHER DURING THE 1930'S. EILEEN BROUGHT THEM TO CANADA WHEN SHE MOVED HERE FROM ENGLAND. "SYLKO" WAS AN IMITATION SILK THREAD THAT WAS POPULAR.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960085003
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-09
- Collection
- Museum
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