Carder
Unknown Maker
Wool carder made of wood with wooden handle - one side of carder is covered with leather in which are set many wire pins arranged in vertical rows in order to straighten woolen fibres.
Credit: Gift of Fanny L. Johnson
19th century
Wood, leather and steel wire
1918-23-4-b
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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