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Friday, 25 July, 2008
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School Workshops
An exciting way to learn more about cloth making and wool processes in
one of our School Workshop visits.
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Booking Info
All the information you need about booking a School visit using one of our teachers packs.
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Raiser – Raising
the Nap
In the cloth dresser’s workshop,
the piece of cloth was hung over a perch (bar). The surface of
the cloth was brushed using handles of teasels thus raising the
nap of the cloth. A handle was a wooden, cross shaped
hand tool which held several fullers’ teasels
(Dipsacus fullonum).
Cleaning and repairing the handles was done by the preemer, usually
a boy. One cloth would be raised and sheared several times.
A mechanised teasel gig was developed and introduced into this area by 1770.
There is a splendid model of a teasel gig designed by Hadens, on display in Trowbridge
Museum alongside a genuine machine. |
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The Nap being hand
raised using Teasels, 1460. From a French stained
glass window.
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Cloth hung over
a perch in the cloth dresser's workshop
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Handle of Teasels adapted
for use on a Teasel Gig
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Handle of Teasels
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Teasel Gig
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Teasel Gig, engraving from
1813
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