Spinning Wheel

Manufacturer / MakerCreated by Yale and Towne Mfg. Co. Stamford, Connecticut, 1869 - 2001

Dateca. 1900

Mediumwood, metal

Dimensionsdrive wheel spokes: 6 × 14 1/2 in. (15.2 × 36.8 cm)
bobbin/ maiden bearing: 9 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (22.9 × 10.8 × 7.9 cm)
bench: 5 1/2 × 10 × 16 in. (14 × 25.4 × 40.6 cm)
treadle: 1 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 21 in. (3.2 × 31.8 × 53.3 cm)
maiden: 15 × 1 3/8 in. (38.1 × 3.5 cm)
drive wheel: 1 × 17 3/4 in. (2.5 × 45.1 cm)
footman: 18 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (47 × 4.1 cm)
shim: 1/8 × 1 × 1 3/4 in. (0.3 × 2.5 × 4.4 cm)
back leg: 19 × 1 1/2 in. (48.3 × 3.8 cm)
front leg: 17 × 1 1/2 in. (43.2 × 3.8 cm)
footman peg: 21 3/4 × 1 in. (55.2 × 2.5 cm)
drive band tension screw: 9 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (24.1 × 3.8 cm)
whorl: 21 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (54.6 × 5.7 cm)
tension peg: 12 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (31.8 × 3.8 cm)
drive tension peg: 9 × 2 in. (22.9 × 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase

Object numberPC1976.86.1

DescriptionThis is a wooden spinning wheel comprised of many different individual components and parts. Each part is made of the same light-brown wood, and fit together through notches, pegs, and holes. Included among these parts is the drive wheel and its spokes, bench, treadle, bobbin, legs, and others. on the hub of the wheel the manufacturer "ALFRED ANDERSON & CO." is printed.

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