Hand reels

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RD 3
• Date: 18th century
  
• Material: Reel, hand
  Reel, hand
  
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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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