Spinning Wheel
x 71 in. x 62 1/2 in.
Artist/Maker Unknown,
Object Type:
Household Object
Medium and Support:
wood
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Mrs. E. Jay Huss
Accession Number:
1963.2.a&b
A large, wooden spinning wheel on a 3-legged base, used to spin wool. At one end of the a very small wheel with an iron spike rests on a post, this holds the wool and feeds it onto the wheel. Pieces of the spinning wheel have been removed for storage.