Irish Immigrant's Flax-Wheel

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Object Details

Artist

W. J. Fenn, American, 1862–1961

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Illustration of a wooden flax-wheel.

Date

1885

Accession Number

1950-102-8

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Pen and ink on illustration board

Dimensions

34.4 × 23.9 cm (13 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

made in

USA

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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49b256d34-7b85-4922-848d-690b67cd2915

Record ID

chndm_1950-102-8

Irish Immigrant's Flax-Wheel

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