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Spindle-Back Chair
•Date: 1680-1720
•Geography: Probably made in Massachusetts, United States
•Culture: American
•Medium: Soft maple, maple, ash
•Dimensions: 37½ × 19¾ × 14½ in. (95.3 × 50.2 × 36.8 cm)
•Classification: Furniture
•Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
•Accession Number: 10.125.694
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 709.
Judging by the number of surviving examples, turned spindle-back chairs were the most prevalent type of seating in the American colonies until the late seventeenth century. The turnings of this chair—distinguished by the large finials—reflect a style typical of furniture made around Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Provenance
H. Eugene Bolles, Boston, until 1909; [Mrs. Russell Sage, New York, 1909].
Timeline of Art History (2000-Present)
Timelines
•The United States, 1600-1800 A.D.
MetPublications
•American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. I, Early Colonial Period: The Seventeenth-Century and William and Mary Styles
Spun on a baby homemade spindle (a mere .33 ounce in weight), ply-on-the-fly style (i.e. Navajo ply). The fiber is by Ashland Bay merino roving.
fingering weight
24.0 yards
9/1/08
Euonymus - Spindle Tree, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Boston, Ohio.
Saw these flowers on this tree the other day while taking a hike. Thought it was very strange to have a tree blooming in Northeast Ohio in early November. Tree was small, maybe 15' - 20' tall with thin branched and growing between the Cuyahoga River and the Old Canal. Did a little research and was unable to figure out what kind of tree this is. If you know, please post a comment.
on a whim i decided to make a spindle
made with a pom pom maker (i can never make pom poms even with one lol) a hook, and a point protector. The point proctor is one of the sock shaped ones and i cut the top rim off and used that to attach the pom pom maker to the dowel and it stays on with friction.
the dowel cracked at the top where the hook is so i used some packing tape to wrap it up.
Bottom Whorl Drop Spindle in red and black.
Features kanji symbols for:
Wool
Sheep
Yarn
Spin / Make Yarn
around the outside of whorl
Worl is 3" in diameter. Shaft is 10.5" long and 3/16" in diameter.
French Style Spindle Replica by Spanish Peacock in front, GrippingYarn Russian Style spindle in back
Walnut, 12", 27 grams