Hands Across the Sea Samplers showed off some lovely antique thread winders on their Wordless Wednesday blog posting this week. I think they are all 19th Century, although I am no expert.
https://hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/wordless-wednesday-15/
Thread winders are used more in cross stitch than needlepoint as far as I can tell from my stitching friends, but lovely tools are lovely tools, no matter how (or when) you stitch. This little article about historical stitching tools is quite interesting.
http://wkneedle.bayrose.org/Articles/period_workbox.html
I found both modern and antique ones for sale on Etsy.
https://www.etsy.com/market/thread_winders
Enjoy dreaming of the perfect thread winder for your favorite silk....
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