Spinning Wheel; Swedish, Used in Minnesota; 19th C.
date: label: date made
content: last half 19th century
label: associated dates
content: 1979 10 01 / 1979 10 01
notes: label: Description
content: Carved and painted spinning wheel, Swedish made; Brought to Minnesota by Swedish immigrants just after the Civil War and used in the area until the latter part of the 19th century.Painted white, with blue and pink on the rim of the wheel, and carved and turned folk designs Attached to the wheel is a hook used to pull yarn through orifice. Footman and treadle have interesting carvings. Two holes on front of table for a distaff. Wheel was probably used for wool spinning.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Sweden
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0224.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0224.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0224
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spinning Wheel
label: Object Name
content: Spinning Wheel, Flax
label: Object Name
content: spinning wheel ,Swedish
label: Other Terms
content: Spinning Wheel; Spinning Wheel, Flax; Circa 1800
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (on wheel rim) (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (on wheel rim) (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (on wheel rim) (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: low wheel (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 34 in x 35 1/4 in; 86.36 cm x 89.535 cm