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1750-1850
GUSN-221222
Flax breaker; square pine body, four oak legs; axed square board.
flax (fiber)
pine (wood)
maple (wood)
oak (wood)
Textile machinery
Breaker, Flax
Unknown
32 1/2 x 66 x 9 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1919.813
New England (United States) [general region]
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