Creel or Warping Frame
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
393 cm (length)26 cm (width)227 cm (height)
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453848
Summary
A creel, also known as a warping frame. This originates from R. Greg and Co. Albert Mills, Reddish (1845-1982). The frame is in two parts, aligned to form a 'v', on which bobbins are mounted and aligned towards the beamer (NT.1453487) to create the warp beam.
Provenance
The wooden frame was originally used at R. Greg and Co in Reddish.
Marks and inscriptions
V-shaped wooden frame in two parts, the two parts are aligned so as to form the 'V'. Each part of the V is a rectangular wooden frame with 17 pairs of vertical rails. These rails have 17 horizontal bars on which a bobbin is mounted. The yarn on these bobbins is drawn onto the beam by the beamer. Each of the vertical rails has a glass bar along the length of its outside edge to stop the yarn snagging on the wood as it passes over it en-route to the beamer.