Niddy-noddy; wood, mortise and tenoned. Round central shaft widens to beveled section then to flat, rectangle at end. A flat, slightly curved cross-bar is affixed with mortise and tenon joint at each end of shaft; cross-bars are set at right angles…
Trestle footed base has two uprights that are joined
by a cross beam at the mid-section and by a table with two lengthwise slots at the top. A device for breaking the flax pivots between the two slots in the table.