Hand hackler
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel
Measurements
390 x 355 x 330 mm
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Wellbrook Beetling Mill, County Tyrone
NT 283313
Summary
A mechanical steel hackler, hand operated by means of a handle on the right and used by Belfast Institute of Textile and Design for demonstrating the hackling process of linen fibre manufacture to students. The hackling process separates the seed-bolls from the stems of the flax plant. Donated by Belfast Institute of Textile and Design, circa 1998.