Pair of Hackles
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Producing linen yarn from the flax plant is labor-intensive and time-consuming. The useable fibers of the plant are encased in a hard outer coating in the stem. After this coating is removed, the fibers are drawn through a series of hackles--boards with sharp metal spikes--to align the long fibers and remove debris and short fibers. For convenience, this double hackle bench combines a coarse hackle at one end with a finer hackle at the other end.
Producing linen yarn from the flax plant is labor-intensive and time-consuming. The useable fibers of the plant are encased in a hard outer coating in the stem. After this coating is removed, the fibers are drawn through a series of hackles--boards with sharp metal spikes--to align the long fibers and remove debris and short fibers. For convenience, this double hackle bench combines a coarse hackle at one end with a finer hackle at the other end.
Artifact
Hatchel
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.84.9
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of American Textile History Museum, donated to ATHM by Joan Whittaker Cummer.
Material
Iron alloy
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 25 in
Width: 23 in
Length: 45 in
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