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Maybe this is an old quilters rack

Cleaning out my fil's attic. He just died, and was 85. Found something...and I can't quite figure out what it is. It *may* have something to do with quilting. I found no makers mark...It is wood..each length or side has measurement numbers, and protruding nails. The top and bottom are 96" long..(from left to right, the numbers) It is 48 inches tall. When it is put together, there is one piece of wood, with numbers and the protruding nails...that *travels* the width of the top and bottom pieces. Any ideas? If someone has a clue, I'll take photos... Perry

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Perry Templeton
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Sounds like curtain stretchers to me. People used to wash their lace curtains, starch them, then put them on these stretchers to dry.

Betty in WI

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Betty in Wi

Betty...I think you are right...My mom had them until the early 50's...I loved helping her put curtains on them !.....

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MB

Any weaving looms lurking up there? Might be a thingummy for measuring warp threads. Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

Not quilting, think your grandmother's lace curtains... aahhh, I mean my grandmother's lace curtains. She would wash them and then stretch them onto those nails to dry, it's a "curt ian stretcher". It's adjustable, right? I think that it kept them from shrinking, it is also hard to iron lace curtains.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

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Bonnie Patterson

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