Early American Walking Wheel, or Spinner's Loom steel pulls and long-distance shipment rather than

and long-distance shipment rather than decorative display

Antique watercolor painting created by James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)

Antique cast iron children's lathe produced by Millers Falls

Northrup-King Seed Co

delamination/ripped foil

Early American Walking Wheel, or Spinner's Loom steel pulls and long-distance shipment rather thanLarge scale wooden spinner's loom, commonly referred to as a walking wheel, used in hand spinning wool and other fibers prior to mechanized textile production. The form is defined by its oversized turned drive wheel, elongated horizontal bench, and hand cranked spindle assembly mounted at the head. As the spinner walked back and forth along the length of the bench, the wheel would rotate to twist and wind fiber an efficient, rhythmic process that