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1750-1850
GUSN-221206
Wool spinning wheel; A: bench; B: wheel post; C: wheel. The bench (A) is made of quartered chestnut. The wheel (C) shows cut nails from the rim into the spokes, while there are forged nail heads visible on the splice. The spinning wheel came from a house in Peterborough, New Hampshire
spinning wheels
chestnut (wood)
oak (wood)
birch (wood)
maple (wood)
ash (wood)
Wheel, Spinning
Unknown
61 x 77 x 22 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. E. C. Miller
1918.942AC
New England (United States) [general region]
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