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Spool Sizes & Shapes

	Large bow ties — American Thread’s Twist DeLuxe 1930s, American Thread’s Star DeLuxe 1930s, Coats 1950s-60s, unknown.		Assorted bow ties medium — Belding Corticelli 1950s-60s, Max Pollack’s Knight Brand 1940s, Belding Corticeli 1950s-60s, Coats 1930s, unknown.
	Assorted bow ties small with 1 large guest: Cortecelli 1950s, John Clark’s Mile End, 1940s, unknown, Clarks ONT marking cotton 1940s.		Assorted bow ties smallest — Clarks ONT 1930s, Clarks ONT early 1900s, John Clark’s Mile End, notice hard rock maple.
Standard size spools, larger size		Standard type spools smaller sizes. While standard spools may look to be same size and style, there are slight variations by manufacturers. This is most noticeable in rim shape and thickness.

Sometimes bobbins are overlooked as spools. Here is an assortment of sizes and substances ranging from wood to plastic to foam to waxed cardboard. Side view shows difference in bobbin thickness.
By early 1970s other substances began to replace wood for spools — Talon American‘s black plastic that defies black-painted wood, Max Pollack‘s cardboard cylinder, Belding Lily’s foam and Clark’s ONT early plastic. All spools date late 1960s-early 1970s.		Colored spools played an important part for recognizing thread categories other than dressmaking. Most companies dyed their spools brilliant colors to denote heavier and stronger threads such as carpet and heavy duty. Shown here are Erin’s Pride [linen] orange, Aunt Lydia’s red, Clark’s ONT green, Clark’s ONT navy and an unknown black which appears to be from a sewing kit.
Many thread companies took pride in the appearance of their spools. They were and are valued as much as the thread wound on them — Belding Corticelli’s stained and waxed maple, Fleischer’s High Test maple, Belding’s waxed maple, an unknown British brand with milled and beveled rims, J & P Coats hard rock maple with scrollwork at both ends, and John Clark’s Mile End beautiful hard rock maple with scrollwork at one end as shown in inset.

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