Wheel, Spinning
- Object Name:
- Wheel, Spinning
- Creator:
- D. Shelly
- Date:
- 1810-1830
- Dimensions:
- W-76 L-95 inches
- Description:
- This a beautiful small 15" Saxony-type oak flax spinning wheel with three extra bobbins. It has very fancy turnings of the vertical components. "Signed by D. Shelly (this actuallyhas been stamped onto the center wooden piece). Probably of European origin, possibly German. It is a complete wheel. It is made of various unpainted hardwoods with hinges on the foot treadle which have been replaced with appropriate leather along with the leathers holding the spindle to the maidens.
- Subjects:
- Spinning, Spinning apparatus, Spinning machinery, Flax
- Collection Name:
- Household
- Item Number:
- 2012.01.01
- Accession Number:
- 2012.01.01
- Type of Material:
- Objects
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- Participating Organization:
- New London Historical Society
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