Coil, Yarn Dyeing
- Object Name:
- Coil, Yarn Dyeing
- Object ID:
- 1956.198
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Franklin Dye Tube. Stainless steel coil with red stockinet cover, for "package dyeing" of yarns. Flat bar of stainless steel formed into coil with slight, spring-like quality. Bar 0.2" wide, 0.05" thick. Ends of bar sheered off square. ~0.3" spacing between individual coils. Two end pieces of coils on either end are pushed against each other.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Textile - Dimensions:
- L-6.8 Dia-1.7 inches
- Provenance:
- The "Franklin Dye Tube" was invented and tested in 1906 by Walter Aiken Simond (1871-1962) at Sulloway Mills, Franklin, NH.
This 1956 dye tube was donated by the American Thread Company, Sevier, NC, at the request of Walter Aiken Simond. - Credit Line:
- Gift of American Thread Company
- People:
- Simond, Walter Aiken (1871-1962)
- Subjects:
- Dyeing
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