"Accelerated Wheel" flax spinning wheel; New York; 1790-1860
date: label: date made
content: 18th century ?
label: date made
content: 1790-1860
notes: label: Description
content: Spinning wheel with 2 treadles and 2 solid wooden wheels; Distaff (branch) arm for holding distaff, and flyer held in place with leather; Bobbin chipped. Wheels turned forming circular patterns of varying sizes, with a 3/4" leather drive band. Footman 12"l x 3?4 in wide leather, very brittle, attached only one treadle, turning, burned in pegs and wooden screws. Notches on both ends of table. Four post holding wheels and mother of all appear to have been added later, The wood texture is quite rough- A former staff member suggested that some parts may be reproductions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Winifrred H. Bauer (Mrs. Paul Sherman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0884.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0884.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0884
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spinning Wheel
label: Object Name
content: spinning wheel, flax
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 31 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 79.375 cm x 34.29 cm