Spindle with flax, Shaker
1850-1900
Object PlaceSabbathday Lake, Maine, United States
Medium/TechniquePine, painted red; flax, rope handles, iron spindle
DimensionsOverall: 27.3 x 31.8 x 6.4 cm (10 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Knight - Collection of Ralph E. and Myra T. Tibbetts
Accession number67.59
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ProvenancePart of a collection of Shaker materials begun by Ralph E. and Myra T. Tibbetts; the Tibbets collection was inherited by their daughter and augmented by Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Knight, Marblehead, Massachusetts; 1967, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Knight to the MFA (Accession date: January 11, 1967); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA, ownership transferred to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum, Sabbathday Lake, Maine.
about 1927–1928
1790–1800
1790–1800
2nd century B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Late 5th–Early 4th millennium B.C
13th–14th century
late 3rd century
1850-1900
about 1930
1750–75
Kôka era (1844–48) - Ansei 3 (1856)