15 Spools Thread Var. Colors +Thimble Coats Clark Talon Belding Heminway Vintage

This is an assortment of 15 vintage sewing thread on spools, in shades of blue, green, pink, beige and brown. Some of the spools are from Coats and Clark and some from Talon (8). The smaller ones (7) are Belding Heminway darning silk, 10 yards; these are in varying shades of brown. The thread is from early-mid 1900s. There is a vintage metal thimble included. This thread is still good and usable, for repairs or dressmaking. Good for other uses, too. History of Coats & Clark: In the 1750s, brothers James and Patrick Clark of Scotland began work in the weaving trade reproducing the Kashmir shawls of India at affordable prices. When Napoleon blockaded the coasts of the United Kingdom preventing silk from being imported, the brothers turned a necessity into an invention. The Clarks created a way to twist cotton yarns together producing a thread as smooth and strong as silk that could be woven. In 1812, the brothers placed their first cotton sewing thread on the market and opened their first mill in 1817 and found a way to spool thread onto wooden reels. Not to be outdone by the Clarks, James Coats, another weaver located in Paisley, Scotland, started his own similar business in 1826. In 1830, his sons, James and Peter, took over the business and it became known as J & P Coats. in 1931 a single president for both companies was elected in John B. Clark. Then in 1952, the companies merged into Coats & Clark Inc.