Irish Flax-Spinning Wheel
DimensionsOverall: 44 × 15 × 38 cm (0.44 × 0.15 × 0.38 m)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Mrs. Olive Eleanor Carty, care of Ms. Edith McKay, 1977
Object number1977.125.001
Label TextThis is a flax-spinning wheel. Unlike "great wheel" spinning tools, flax-spinning wheels are designed with a double-drive wheel, a distaff that holds unspun fibres, keeping them untangled, and a break mechanism. Spun flax can be turned into linen, but the process is more difficult than spinning wool or cotton.
NameWheel, Spinning
McCLARY MANUFACTURING CO.
1900-1909
Before 1830