Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

2012

  • Work on this object began.

2025

Photograph, Wool being carded for paint rollers

This is a Photograph. It was photographed by Christopher Payne and subject: S & D Spinning Mill.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Christopher Payne as part of Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne.

It is dated 2012. Its medium is digital pigment print. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.


Carding machines use rollers with metal teeth to comb loose fibers into a continuous web.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 101.6 × 134.6 cm (40 × 53 in.) H x W (framed dimensions): 106.7 × 139.7 cm (42 × 55 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne.

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