Look at my birthday present!

I forgot to post about my birthday present. My birthday was back in April, but we've been looking for a nice spool cabinet since then. We finally found one a couple of weeks ago. 

Here are some photos. The drawer pulls are spools.

Here's a bit of history I found on the spool cabinet. I put my embroidery threads in the cabinet.

Austin Dunham and Lawson Ives bought a cotton mill in Willimantic, Conn., in 1854 and founded the Willimantic Linen Co. The company began making thread for sewing machines soon after. Before the 1850s, colored thread came in skeins and black and white thread came on spools. Willimantic was one of the first to make colored thread on spools. The owl was a logo used by the company. The company opened a factory to make wooden spools in Howard, Maine, in 1879. The name of the town was changed to Willimantic in 1881. Willimantic Linen Co. became part of the American Thread Co. in 1898. The spool cabinet was probably made in the late 1800s. 

Thanks for reading.

Chris