Dixon's Bobbin Mill, Steeton, near Keighley
- Made:
- 1987 in Calderdale
- maker:
- Ian Beesley
Gelatine silver print entitled 'Dixon's Bobbin Mill, Steeton, near Keighley' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.
Different spinning frames twist the fibres in different ways but they all eventually need to wind the yarn on to a wooden bobbin. Here all the paraphenlia of bobbin making clutters the workbench of a West Yorkshire bobbin makers.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 2026-2/56
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 405 mm x 485 mm
- type:
- photograph and silver gelatin print
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
