1960.65

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ID Number

1960.65

Category

T&E For Materials

Sub-category

textileworking T&E

Item Name

swift

Materials

WOOD, UNKNOWN

Description

(.01) Flat bottom, curved top, hole for post (.02) Squared post with round dowel at both ends (.03) 2 cross-pieces joined in centre with rabbet joint

History

A swift is a kind of adjustable diameter on which a skein of yarn is placed in order to be wound off. These were often home-made and took many forms. Swifts used in Upper Canada often were the work of the handyman in the family and thus took a variety of forms. Some were crude, while others showed skill and fine workmanship; but all of them did the job.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Manufacturing subject

Pioneers subject