Flax spinning wheel; German style; Scotalnd, 18th C.
date: label: Date made
content: 18th century ?
name: label: user
content: Johnstone, Mrs. Euphemia Hill
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: German type flax spinning wheel, made of wood with ivory. Said to have been made in Edinburgh, Scotland, and brought to the US. Said to have been owned by Mrs.Euphemis Hill Johnstone, grand mother of the donor. Not known if she was the first owner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Hand Tools
label: Subject
content: Migration
label: Subject
content: Immigration
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Horatio King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T03644
label: accession number
content: 60786
label: catalog number
content: T3644
label: accession number
content: 60786
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spinning Wheel, parlor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 15 in x 16 in; 134.62 cm x 38.1 cm x 40.64 cm