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]

Anotations

Scope note:

Mechanized devices, typically comprising a series of two to four rollers, used to attenuate, straighten, comb, and combine the loose and inconsistent slivers produced through the carding process. As slivers are passed through the frames' rollers, which spin at increasingly rapid speeds, their individual fibers are made parallel and uniform for future usage. These devices are specifically designed to carry out drawing, doubling, and drafting processes. The device's original invention is credited to Lewis Paul and John Wyatt who developed the first drawing frame in the 1730s.