Wheel, Spinning
- Title:
- Flax Wheel
- Object Name:
- Wheel, Spinning
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1810-1850
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches
- Description:
- Spinning Wheel, Saxony style horizontal arrangement, includes bobbin with yarn. Dark wood, turned spindles legs.
- Provenance:
- Unknown Provenance
Primarily used for spinning flax into linen. After the final time through the heckle, the flax fibers resemble a thick mass of pliable ribbons which would be made into thread on a flax spinning wheel. The major elements of the spinning wheel are the same as others, but because of the thick mass of flax fibers the wheel uses a distaff. The distaff is a straight carved rod that comes in different sizes and types, but is always horizontal to the front part of the spinning wheel, and holds the mass of fibers so the spinner has the use of both hands to spin the thread. - Subjects:
- Spinning, Spinning wheels, Textile machinery, Household equipment
- Place of Origin:
- Unknown
- Collection Name:
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire
- Item Number:
- 2012.030
- Accession Number:
- 2012.030
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the American Independence Museum
- Credit Line:
- American Independence Museum
- Participating Organization:
- American Independence Museum
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