Four Early Republic Wooden Textile Tools

Origin: United States
Period: Early Republic era, early 19th century
Object: Tool
Materials: Wood
Dimensions: Mangle board 80 × 14 × 4 cm; tweezers 80 cm long; washing paddle 67 × 12.5 × 2.5 cm
Catalogue: CUR-014

A group of antique wooden textile implements. They include a reubel, a ridged board used with a smooth handled board to flatten and press linen and other fabrics; a large pair of wooden textile tweezers; and a wooden laundry washing paddle, or mangle board.

Provenance

From a private collection

Acquired

Cordier Auctions · 2026