Small Photo #1 B

Barbara Livesey’s small flax wheel.

Small spinning wheel with three legs holding a slanted table. A T bar fits between the three legs to stabilize them. On the right side of the table is the drive wheel, its diameter is 17″, with 10 turned spokes. The pair of slanted wheel-support posts each has a wooden brace fitted between the post and the end of the slanted table. The bobbin/flyer unit is on the left side. and two parts of the distaff assembly. There is a treadle below the table.