• Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
  • Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle Art Supplies Elizabeth Schowachert Art
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Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle

Large Size Dark Black Horsehair Sumi-e Paint Brush with Antique Wood Bobbin Spool Handle

$289.00 USD
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This brush was made by Elizabeth. It has a blunt shaped horsehair bristle that will make a wide variety of marks. The handle is made from a vintage quill bobbin. The finished brush is a large size, the handle is 16" in length, and the bristle head is 4"x 5". The end of the brush handle has a large metal loop so that you can, if desired, hang suspended to paint. 

The horsehair is a super premium bristle hair, that has uncut ends. It is very soft and flexible and specifically prepared for making paintbrushes. The ferrule on this brush is ceramic., it also has a leather hanging strap.

 The handle is old, the wood handle has a nice patina. 

  • Handle: 16" in length (Including ceramic ferrule)
  • Bristle: 4" in length

My brushes are made to make art :) - they are versatile, and the blunt bristle head will be a terrific mark maker, offering the artist a ton of mark-making options.

Antique Wood Bobbin Spool History

"The Industrial Revolution (1790's - 1860's) was an important time in America's history. The Revolution brought about many changes in the labor and textile industries. On average women worked a 72-hour week with few breaks. The mill itself was a dangerous place to work with shuttles flying off looms, and a constant humid, 100-degree climate. In response to the poor working conditions, the women of the mills organized America's first labor strikes and formed the first labor unions. 

Bobbins and the machinery they ran on were some of the greatest inventions of the Victorian Era. Developed as a way to manage heaps of thread, bobbins revolutionized textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution. Many textile mills had their own machine shops and their own favorite shape of bobbin which accounts for their varied designs. Traditional wooden bobbins have been retired from most current day manufacturing. Modern economics does not favor the use of wooden bobbins since a large degree of handwork is involved in making them and they are not well suited to synthetic fibers and high-speed machinery". (source Bemidji Woolen Mills)

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