Wheel, Spinning
- Object Name:
- Wheel, Spinning
- Object ID:
- 1966.001
- Creator:
- Wilder, A. & A.
- Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- 1812-1815
- Description:
- Spinning wheel (wool wheel). Coarsely grained medium brown wood. Large wheel with nicely turned hub. Spokes show much wear in center. Three-legged beam holds wheel support and mechanism support, both fitting through holes in beam. At upper end and on one side beam is branded: "A & A WILDER / KEENE NH". Spinning mechanism fits into hole at end of its support with wooden pins.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-60 W-22 L-72 inches
- Provenance:
- A. & A. Wilder (Abijah, Jr. and Azel) were in the cabinet and wheelwright business and making chairs, etc. at their shop 200 rods north of the meetinghouse on the Turnpike in Keene. In 1815 they dissolved the partnership, which began in 1812. Abijah Jr continued the cabinet and sleigh-making business at the old stand and Azel going with the wheelhead and wheelwright business in his factory 100 rods west of the meetinghouse near the mills of Faulkner & Colony. In 1824, after dissolving their first connection, they united under the firm name of A. & A. Wilder and carried on a large business in real estate.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Peterborough Historical Society
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Textile production, Wool, Wool industry, Spinning wheels
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