Model, of a cloth calendering machine

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This model shows a machine for calendering cloth - glazing or smoothing cloth by passing it between rollers. It dates from the late 19th century and was made in a workshop of the Museum from drawings supplied by Messrs. Duncan, Stewart & Co. of Glasgow. The machine itself also dates from the late 19th century.

The model has three paper and three cast iron cylinders, an overhead beam and a driving pulley. It is built to a scale of two inches to a foot.

Woollen fabrics owe their variety to the different types of finishing processes. Most fabrics were milled, calendered or fulled to produce a degree of felting which made the woven texture less easy to see.

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• Online ID: 000-100-044-225-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1890.1050
• Date: Late 19th century
  
• Material: Cast iron, paper
  Cloth calendering machine / model
  
• Dimensions: 845 mm H x 914 mm W
  
• What: Cloth calendering machine / model
  
• Subject: 14. INDUSTRIES, Textiles (Departmental Classification)
  
• Who: Messrs Duncan, Stewart and Co. (Eponym)
  Museum workshop (Model maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
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• Description: Model of a cloth calendering machine, with 3 paper and 3 cast iron cylinders, overhead beam and driving pulley, scale 2 in. to the foot, made from drawings supplied by Messrs Duncan, Stewart and Co.
  
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