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Flax Spinning Wheel

Complete flax spinning wheel. Given in memory of Mrs. Edmond U. Ragland.

Object number: 1977.4.1

Dimensions: 21” diameter; 44” height of spindle; 28 1/4” long

Estimated date: 1770.



What visitors say

Thank you so much for leading us on a guided tour of the Joel Lane House! I had no idea that the kitchen was separate from the main house, and how different the two are. I had always assumed that the most dangerous job for a slave was in the fields, but your expertise showed me that the kitchen (because of the heat and potential for fire) was actually the most dangerous for a slave woman…

Maggie