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Spinning mill regulations

The spinner's work was particularly delicate and crucial for the production of a skein of silk with the correct linear mass density, or count: mistakes made by the spinner during reeling were punished by fines dispensed to charity (often to the parish).

Credits: Regolamento interno per le operaie di Filanda addette allo Stabilimento serico Abegg & C. in Villa Valgreghentino (1 luglio 1911).Archivio storico comunale di Valgreghentino.