Wool spinning wheel; Maine; mid-19th C.
Wool spinning wheel; Maine; mid-19th C.
- Description
- Wool spinning wheel; Found in an attic weaving room in a Rumford, Maine area farmhouse. Has a toothed tension adjustment. Spindle is missing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Spinning Wheel, Wool
- date made
- mid 19th century
- place made
- United States: Maine
- ID Number
- TE.T13967.000
- catalog number
- T13967.000
- accession number
- 268779
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. H.F. Hallock, Jr.
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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