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Hand reels

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from Carluke, Lanarkshire & Lanarkshire

Postcard of Hand reels.
000-100-001-959-C
© National Museums Scotland

Hand reels

These two wooden hand reels are for winding wool. The reel on the left is from Lanarkshire, the one on the right from Carluke in Lanarkshire.

Hand-reel, from Carluke, Lanarkshire

Until the middle of the nineteenth century by far the greatest part of Scotland's population was occupied in either textile manufacture or in agriculture. Spinning and weaving were, for most people, the two most important tasks outside food production.


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Online ID: 000-100-001-959-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RD 3
Date: 18th century
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What: Reel, hand
Reel, hand
Subject: Spinning - yarn winders (NMAS Classification)
Spinning - yarn winders (NMAS Classification)
Who: Sim Collection
Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire
Scotland, Lanarkshire, Carluke
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Description: Hand-reel, from Lanarkshire
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