Spinning Wheel
1600-1700 (made)
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A boudoir bobbin/flyer flax spinning wheel or turned sycamore and pine, partly-painted. Table mounted on four slightly splayed legs fitted to a rectangular base frame, supported on four small bun feet. The legs feature vase-form turning, with a pierced carved feature halfway up each leg. Above the table is a horizontal spindle turned frame supported on four pillars set into the table. The wheel is mounted on short posts off the frame, it has wooden rim with eight spokes and finials in between, both on the inside of the rim and on the hub. The wheel's rim has impressed roundels, and a metal insert, probably to give it more momentum. The table also features a gallery mounted on ten short pillars. The baluster work is partly painted to represent metal. Beneath the bridge are grooved supports for a box (now missing).
The treadle, footman, wheel pegs and top distaff are missing, and one leg is broken.
The treadle, footman, wheel pegs and top distaff are missing, and one leg is broken.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved and turned sycamore and pine, paper, flax, silk |
| Brief description | Spinning wheel, probably German, 1600-1700 |
| Physical description | A boudoir bobbin/flyer flax spinning wheel or turned sycamore and pine, partly-painted. Table mounted on four slightly splayed legs fitted to a rectangular base frame, supported on four small bun feet. The legs feature vase-form turning, with a pierced carved feature halfway up each leg. Above the table is a horizontal spindle turned frame supported on four pillars set into the table. The wheel is mounted on short posts off the frame, it has wooden rim with eight spokes and finials in between, both on the inside of the rim and on the hub. The wheel's rim has impressed roundels, and a metal insert, probably to give it more momentum. The table also features a gallery mounted on ten short pillars. The baluster work is partly painted to represent metal. Beneath the bridge are grooved supports for a box (now missing). The treadle, footman, wheel pegs and top distaff are missing, and one leg is broken. |
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| Object history | Purchased by the Museum in 1903 from James Tregaskis, an antiquarian bookseller. Upon entry, it was thought the wheel was probably French and that it dated from the end of the 16th century. Mr Lehfeldt noted that a similar one appeared in Havard, Dictionnaire de l'ameublement, vol. IV p.779. The purchase was agreed because 'it is a very good example of ornamental turnery being almost entirely constructed from spindles of varying shapes'. |
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| Accession number | 1284-1903 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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