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Pattern used to make the felloes of a wheel. Inscribed '6 dry elm felloes to this pattern, 4"-3 1/2" wide, Please make an inch longer'.
This is a wheelwright’s pattern used to make the felloes (rim sections) of a wheel, and showing the exact curve needed. This pattern is made of wood and inscribed '6 dry elm felloes to this pattern // 4"-3 1/2" wide // Please make an inch longer'. The pattern came from the workshop of Mr W. W. Field, a wheelwright in Winson, Gloucestershire. Mr Field retired circa 1960 and the business closed.
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1 pattern: wood
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Winson
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