Collection of Models
Thread twister
Palazzina Uzielli, Textile manufacturing machinery section
Project and realization:
Luigi Boldetti,1969
Model from:
Leonardo da Vinci, Codice di Madrid I, f. 65v
Wood, iron, wool thread and leather
cm 74,5 x 100 x 55
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Description:
This model is based on a detailed drawing by Leonardo showing an efficient device which was used for twisting, the stage at which yarn fibres are twisted to make the thread stronger, as it is unwound from one reel, twisted and wound evenly onto another reel in a controlled fashion.
