1991.178.84 - Spinning Wheel, Horizontal, Bobbin and Flyer, Flax

1991.178.84 - Spinning Wheel, Horizontal, Bobbin and Flyer, Flax

Spinning equipment

1991.178.84

Spinning wheel; horizontal, bobbin/flyer, treadle, painted red. Slanted rectangular table rests on three splayed legs. The treadle fits into a pivoting bar between two legs. A large peg set into the back of the treadle has a pin which connects it to the flat, narrow footman which in turn connects to the drive wheel axle. Two slanted wheel posts fit through the table, secured by pins. The drive wheel axle rests in slots in the wheel posts, secured by pins. The drive wheel has twelve spokes; the rim, with two grooves, is constructed in four sections. The mother-of-all, resting on a collar, fits through the table. The maidens are vertical, fitting through the mother-of-all. The front maiden is secured by a pin. The bobbin/ flyer is complete and designed for a doubled drive-band. The tensioning screw passes through the table end. Decorations: Red paint on all parts of wheel. Turnings on legs and maidens.

overall : horizontal 33 in. x vertical 35.5 in. x depth 23 in.

wood, metal, red paint

late 18th or early 19th century

Canada

Excellent and fully functional, pivoting treadle bar cracked

Purchased in Vermont. #84 in Cummer's book

Joan Whittaker Cummer, A Book of Spinning Wheels (Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1994), p. 184-185. Photo and brief essay on spinning wheel.