Six-arm Clock Reel; Mount Vernon?; 18th C.
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content: This is a six arm clock reel, mounted on three legs and used for holding yarn. According to the donor, this reel ( and a spinning wheel also part of this donation) descended in his family, and was said to have been used at Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate. .Edward Hall was at the time of the donation (1914) the President of Banks business College in Philadelphia, PA.
label: Description
content: Further research is indicated - George Washington's enslaved workers operated a textile making workshop for the estate.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Edward E. Hall
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01192.000
label: catalog number
content: T01192.000
label: accession number
content: 56613
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Reel
label: Object Name
content: reel, clock