Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 491
of the country still hold many thousands of wheelslike that above. They are in no respect desirable in modern homes, exceptto fill a vacant space, which certainly they are amply qualified to do as theyare large and awkward. A sharp contrast is suggested between the time whenall such work was done… … A DOUBLE Spinning Jenny is ararity. The one here shown is arrang-ed to spin two threads at once. Itmust have required a spinner of wonder-ful skill to keep it going. Fingeringfour part music on the piano would beeasy in comparison. The double wheelwas the foreshadowing of the machinerythat was to…
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