Thread reel
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Artificial silk, Metal
Measurements
33 mm (Height); 33 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1989471
Summary
A wooden reel of silk substitute thread. The brand is Dewhurst's Sylko and the colour of the thread is Mahogany (D.348 on the label). There is a dressmaker's pin threaded through the artificial silk thread. This object was found in a mahogany table (CMS no. 997561.1).