Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by material processed]
7. textile working equipment
8. [textile fabricating tools and equipment]

Anotations

Scope note:

Early spinning machines having more than one spindle, enabling a person to spin a number of yarns simultaneously. The characteristic feature of these devices is the fact the the spindles are fixed upon a stationary frame, rather than being placed on a moving portion of the machine. For an earlier type of spinning machine, involving a hand- or foot-pedaled wheel and a single spindle, use "spinning wheels."