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Wool wheel

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-14281

Description

Large bentwood wheel w/ turned spokes and turned hub(?) on base w/ turned uprights. Plain rectangular platform and 3 shaved legs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spinning wheels
oak (wood)
pine (wood)
turning (shaping process)
pine (wood)
Oak
Pine
Turned
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

1986.294

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