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West Australian Jarrah wool spinning wheel by George Wright Snr,…
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Perth
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3-Apr-2012
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West Australian Jarrah wool spinning wheel by George Wright Snr, probably dates late 1970’s, early 1980’s stamped with his makers monogram Gww and numbered 606 together with a modern Welsh wool spinners chair. Height 103 cm (wheel). Note: the first of these wheels were made by Mr. George Wright in Perth during the first World War, used by farmers’ wives to spin their fleeces for wool, to knit socks and balaclavas for the troops. When World War II stared, his Son, also George Wright continued to make the wheels, for garments for the army, each jarrah wheel is individually numbered.
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Unclassified