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Flax Spinning Wheel
- Made:
- 1745-1755 in unknown place
![Flax Spinning Wheel](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/642/526/small_thumbnail_smg00245174__0003_.jpg)
![Flax Spinning Wheel](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/642/525/small_thumbnail_smg00245174__0002_.jpg)
![Flax Spinning Wheel](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/642/527/small_thumbnail_smg00245174__0004_.jpg)
![Flax Spinning Wheel](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/642/528/small_thumbnail_smg00245174__0005_.jpg)
![Flax Spinning Wheel](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/642/524/small_thumbnail_smg00245174__0001_.jpg)
![Flax Spinning Wheel](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/642/529/small_thumbnail_smg00245174__0006_.jpg)
![Flax spinning wheel c.1750](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/236/953/small_thumbnail_cd0182_047_051021_cs1_1969_13_spinning_wheel.jpg)
Flax spinning wheel; treadle-operated flax wheel with bobbin and flyer and also distaff. Very fine example with spokes of flywheel carefully turned and ivory inlaid to various parts.
Details
- Category:
- Textile Industry
- Object Number:
- Y1969.13
- Materials:
- flax, wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and ivory
- Measurements:
-
overall: 810 cm x 450 cm x 395 cm, 406 cm,
- type:
- spinning wheel
- credit:
- Gift of The Manchester Museum