Since there are so many photos, I'll post a few today and more later in the week. Today's photos are of textiles and textile machines. There happens to be a small quilt show occurring in the Museum, so I snapped a few pics of quilts, too.
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| Case of carding tools, presses, and other items for preparing fibers that will be turned into thread and cloth. |
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| Spinning jenny for turning fibers into thread |
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| Looms for turning thread into cloth. |
A slew of sewing machines. Unfortunately none of
them are labeled so that I could determine the dates.
I'd love to look up the serial number and
try to get more info on them.
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| These are in a large case, so the photo is especially bad. They are tiny little machines, only about 10 or 12 inches across. |
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| This has to be one of the oldest machines. It doesn't even look like a sewing machine except for the pedal on the bottom. Richard was able to figure out several things about the machine. |
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| A couple of ironing boards. Literally, boards....made of wood. |
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| Washing machines. The one on the left has a gas powered motor. The black on in the back that looks like a barbeque pit is a washing machine. |
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| Check it out.....the tub is made of wood! Sort of a half barrel with a wringer on top. |
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| In the commissary (country store) there's a thread display case. Couldn't resist . |
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| Sign in the store reads, "Ginghams reduced to 20 & 25 cents a yard." I want that price! |
Okay, now for the quilts. Not many pictures. I took photos of the large bed quilts, but there were a few others that were art quilts. My batteries were about dead, and we were exhausted!
Thanks for visiting. Please leave a comment. I'm curious about which of the items is most interesting to you.
Hope you enjoyed the textiles exhibit!
Don't forget to visit the LSU Rural Life Museum website.
4 comments:
I followed you over from the Quilting Board. Fascinating pictures! Thanks so much for sharing them. I'm especially intrigued by the loom.
I love seeing all the vintage sewing machines and the thread display case. Great photos!
Loving these great vintage finds... especially the old sewing machines! I would love to own one.
Hello Mary,
What a great day out!
The second machine is a German transverse shuttle machine, probably from any time within the 20 years prior to the beginning of the First World War, and I can just about make out the badge behind the bobbin winder. The badge is of J. Silberberg & Co of Hamburg, who exported machines made by many different manufacturers.
Love from England, Muv
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