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Used
to pair the oxen destined for work in the fields and for pulling
the cart. Made according to a precise construction pattern so
as to get the best performance at work. There are therefore
different models depending on the regional uses and the type
of land in the area where they were used. The model proposed,
found in northern Tuscany, (Casentino) has all the characteristics
of the place and is of the most archaic form in use in those
areas. A ring of forged iron is attached to the yoke with a
thick strip of leather (called "concia") kept in place by a
wooden peg ("caviglio"), the yokes which go around the necks
of the oxen (called gioghaie) are made from beautifully crafted
curved wood branches . Its archaic form dates its construction
to the second half of the 1800s. Totally restored and treated
with beeswax.
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MODEL AVAILABLE
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US$/EURO 420,00
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MODEL AVAILABLE
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US$/EURO 284,10
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Invented
by the peasants in the countryside where sheep were reared, it
was initially produced in a rudimentary form until it evolved
into a more refined shape and began to be embellished by turning
from the beginning of the 1800s. Until the beginning of the 1900s
it was the real machine for spinning wool and became so widespread
as to become a typical wedding present and obtain a place in high
society where the young bride could show off her talents as a
spinner while conversing. In this way real objets d'art were commissioned
and made by skilled artisans. With industrialization at the beginning
of the 1900s and the first industrial spinning mills the spinning
wheel no longer had a role and even the specimens decorating parlors
fell into disuse and were lost; some finished up in the houses
of poor peasants, a gift from their landlords. It's here that
the few remaining examples available today were found . The spinning
wheel proposed here probably dates back to the second half of
the 1800s, finely turned and mainly made from walnut, completely
jointed without any glueing, in perfect working order, wheel diameter
39, 7 spokes. Overall dimensions 77x54, height 108 at its tip,
weight 5,600 kg. restored with craftsmanship and finished with
beeswax treatment.
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With
wisdom and art the peasant made his working tools, by hollowing
out a fresh beech trunk he made a shovel with a handle in a
single piece. The concave part for gathering, deep with raised
edges and tip is about 40 x 35 cm , the total height is 135
cm including the handle and it weighs 1.500 kg, suitable for
holding with one hand while the other hand held the brush and
swept the grain into the shovel. By throwing the contents into
the air on a windy day the seeds were separated from any impurities,
since the chaff, being lighter, blew away. Moreover the wood
did not cut the grain and so damage it and make it sterile for
sowing.
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Two
perfectly restored examples.
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US$/EURO 93,00 each
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