Flax Wheel, 1883-1900
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Spinning wheel
Date Made
1883-1900
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Design patented in Canada by Seraphin Vigeant and Pierre Desmarais of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Zinc rim for drive wheel patented in Canada by Arthur Stanislas Beauchemin of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. Maker unknown.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.84.168
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of American Textile History Museum, donated to ATHM by Joan Whittaker Cummer.
Material
Cast Iron
Tin (Metal)
Wood (Plant material)
Paint (Coating)
Technique
Casting (Process)
Turning (Shaping process)
Color
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 38 in
Width: 33 in
Length: 19.5 in
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