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A TURNED CHESTNUT AND OAK "CASTLE-TYPE" SPINNING WHEEL
ATTRIBUTED TO DANIEL DANNER, 1803 - 1891, MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, 1830 - 1845
The molded and grooved wheel centering turned spindles above a tripartite ring and baluster-turned wheel support joined by double ring and baluster-turned stretchers at midsection and a ring and baluster-turned floor-treadle, the whole centering a flyer and bobbin mechanism and supporting an offset bentwood pointed baluster form distaff--54in. high
ATTRIBUTED TO DANIEL DANNER, 1803 - 1891, MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, 1830 - 1845
The molded and grooved wheel centering turned spindles above a tripartite ring and baluster-turned wheel support joined by double ring and baluster-turned stretchers at midsection and a ring and baluster-turned floor-treadle, the whole centering a flyer and bobbin mechanism and supporting an offset bentwood pointed baluster form distaff--54in. high
Provenance
Sara B. Musselman Sale, Horst Auction, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1983
Literature
For a similar example see, Garvan and Hummel, fig. 100.