Wool Carder
Dateca. 1900
MediumWood, leather, and iron
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/8 × 9 3/16 × 1 3/16 in (21.2 × 23.3 × 3cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1940-156
DescriptionWool carder, or card, consisting of a rectangular wooden head and a semicircular handle. The head has series of short wires set on a rectangular piece of leather.Mark(s)[partially legible mark stamped in arch] L.S. Watson & CoProvenancePrior to 1940, VIrginia Crumpler (Petersburg, VA); 1940, purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)
dated 1782
1750-1825
1870-1910
1696 (dated)
1750-1850
Mary Wright Alsop
1800-1850
1780-1850