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Wheel, Spinning

Object Name:
Wheel, Spinning
Object ID:
2013.500.047
Creator:
Emerson, William G.
Place of Origin:
Canaan, NH
Date:
circa 1800
Description:
Flax spinning wheel. Oak and maple. "W. EMERSON" stamped on lower end of block. Oak wheel with 16 turned spokes. Three turned maple legs.
Material:
Oak
Maple
Dimensions:
H-34.2 W-25.8 L-34 Dia-6.2 inches
Provenance:
Source unknown. Placed on long-term loan at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH, in the 1950s.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Spinning wheels, Flax
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