WHEEL, SPINNING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1825
- Date Range To
- 1879
- Materials
- WOOD (CHERRY?), METAL, IVORY
- Catalogue Number
- P19790028000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1825
- Date Range To
- 1879
- Materials
- WOOD (CHERRY?), METAL, IVORY
- No. Pieces
- 6
- Diameter
- 33.0
- Description
- VERTICAL FRAME STYLE WHEEL. WHEEL HAS OBVIOUS SIGNS OF AGE & USE. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT. MISSING SOME PIECES. TWO HOLES THROUGH SPOOL. ARM PLUGGED WITH ORGANIC MATERIAL (HUSK?). WHEEL LINED WITH CLOTH TAPE. FOLDING ARM HAS STRING ATTACHED, WHICH IS VERY WORN.
- Subjects
- TEXTILEWORKING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- DONOR ACQUIRED WHEEL 2 YRS. AGO (1979) FROM FATHER'S ESTATE IN HAMILTON, ON. WHEEL BELONGED TO HER PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER. GRANDPARENTS ORIGINALLY CAME FROM HAIGHLANDS (BAVARIA-GERMANY). THEY IMMIGRATED TO U.S.A. LATER COMING TO CANADA. DONOR HAS RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE 1953, NOW RETIRED, PREVIOUS POSITION AS DISTRICT HOME ECONOMIST FOR ALBERTA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19790028000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-09
- Collection
- Museum
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