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Wool wheel

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1820-1880

GUSN

GUSN-14280

Description

Turned distaff w/ horn cap and red turned brace for wheel on chamfered edged support and 3 splayed rod shaped legs. The wheel is w/ tapering spindles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spinning wheels
ash (wood)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Ash
WHEEL, SPINNING

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

60 x 71.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.293

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