Fiber tools: flax spinning wheel
Dublin Core
Title
Fiber tools: flax spinning wheel
Subject
Flax spinning
Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Textile machinery
Description
A flax spinning wheel is generally smaller then a wool spinning wheel. This 1800s-era example was done as a model. It has an attached distaff (coming out toward the camera). The spinner would sit to the right, facing left as he/she spun, working the treadle at the bottom. This miniature wheel was collected by Frances Goodrich and given to the Southern Highland Craft Guild in the 1930s. The maker of the item is unknown.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Permanent Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1800/1900
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg
artifacts (object genre)
Type
StillImage
Identifier
16165
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16165
Date Created
2009-06-24
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives, Asheville, NC 28815;
Spatial Coverage
Appalachian Region, Southern
Extent
5.25" x 2.25" x 2"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Craft Revival
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Fiber tools: flax spinning wheel,” OAI, accessed May 5, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16165.