Flax Spinning Wheel
- Made:
- 1745-1755 in unknown place
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