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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Wool winder
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Wool winder

Manufacturer Reynolds (American, 19th Century)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1825
MediumPine
DimensionsOverall: 28 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (72.4 x 67.3 x 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Norfolk Historic Foundation
Object number79.285.99C
Not on view
DescriptionWool winder. Wheel in the form of a cross. Loose, peg missing.
Often called a swift.
Exhibition HistoryWilloughby-Baylor House "Work of Hand and Heart: Spinning and Weaving in Early Virginia," Colonial Education Center, Virginia Beach, Va., September 29 - November 28, 2012.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Joshua Reynolds
18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1750-1799
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Reynold Henry Weidenaar
1948
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
L.S. Watson and Co.
After 1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1760
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1810-1820
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Reynold Henry Weidenaar
1945