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Wool (Great) Wheel

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1725-1775

GUSN

GUSN-4598

Description

Circular spoked "Great" wheel with bracing added in order to be used horizontally with glass top, as a table.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spinning wheels
chestnut (wood)
chestnut (wood)
Chestnut
WHEEL, SPINNING

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

1977.792 AB

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

42 x 37.375 x 22 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.792A

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