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51/240/1-9
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These nine bobbins came from a lacemaker in Ickford, Buckinghamshire. They are probably ‘trolly’ bobbins – larger bobbins onto which the ‘gimp’, a coarser thread which outlines the design of the lace, was wound.
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9 bobbins: wood; good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/240// NAME: 9 LACEMAKER'S BOBBINS // NEG NO.: 35/1283 // STORAGE: '
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