Spool stand, Hancock, MA

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Object ID:

1957.8285.1a-e

Community:

Massachusetts, Hancock

Makers

Shaker

Description

Spool holder consisting of a frame with chestnut feet and middle cross-bar and birch verticals, base, and top assembled using mortise and tenon joints and four, heavy steel needles (b-e), which fit through top, middle cross-bar, and base so as to hold spools in place. Needle has a between-centers turned sapling birch ball grip, (c) has a between-centers turned birch ball grip, (d) has a face-carved "ball" grip, and (e) has a whittled Sycamore cuboid grip.

Massachusetts Hancock

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