1966.41

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ID Number

1966.41

Category

T&E For Materials

Sub-category

textileworking T&E

Item Type

spinning

Item Name

wheel

Date

c. 1890

Materials

WOOD, UNKNOWN PLANT, FLAX METAL, BRASS

Measurements

overall: 119.5 cm x 69.5 cm

Description

brass medallion on body

History

Mildred Lindenschmidt Gordon (donor) acquired spinning wheel in 1898. Spinning wheel belonged tp Peffer Luckhart who was born in Germany, and had a sister, Anagala Peffer Klein and a brother, Jake Peffer. She gave the wheel to Katherine Klein Lindenschmidt, born in Buffalo, N.Y., who then passed it along to Mildred Lindenschmidt Gordon. Made around 1890 in Germany. It was used for spinning flax.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Gordon, Mildred Lindenschmidt person

Klein, Anagala Peffer person

Lindenschmidt, Katherine Klein person

Luckhart, Peffer person

Peffer, Jake person

Textiles subject

Women / Femmes subject