Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by material processed]
7. textile working equipment
8. [textile fabricating tools and equipment]

Narrower term/s

• hatchels
• carding combs
• hand combs
• ripples (textile equipment)
• weaving combs

Anotations

Scope note:

Hand-held devices fitted with a series of metal teeth, which are designed to eliminate neps and impurities in fibers, as well as to ensure that fibers lay parallel to one another. While these devices can take many forms, they are typically utilized to create cleaner, finer, stronger, and more lustrous fibers.