Specimen case, [ca. 1880].

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Specimen case, [ca. 1880].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122555688

Case contains samples of sewing cotton and wooden spools. Spools represented include: white birch, squared stick, blank spool, blank bored spool, turned spool, and knurled spool. Cotton for carding is shown with samples of raw cotton from a bale, cotton from a lapper, cotton from a card, and cotton at various stages of being processed for thread. Samples of cotton for spinning, several types of yarn, crochet cotton, and bleached and dyed spooled threads are also present.

50 items ; 32 x 32 cm.

Winterthur Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6761944

Winterthur Library

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J. & P. Coats

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J. & P. Coats, Ltd. manufactured many types of thread, from raw cotton to dyed spool thread. The firm operated in Pawtucket, R.I. From the description of Specimen case, [ca. 1880]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122555688 ...