Posted by Maria Hummel on Tuesday, 28 August 2007, at 9:58 a.m.:
In Reply to: Picardy Spinner posted by Rose Kowalski on Sunday, 19 August 2007, at 12:40 a.m.:
The drive system now known as Picardy is centuries old, although pretty uncommon now. I intend to make one myself. If there is no maker's mark, and no known provenance, it is unlikely we can know who made it, as that system has been used over hundreds of years. If it is an upright style wheel, it may have been made in the 19th Century, although a very few modern wheels are also upright picardies. It would not have been before then, as then a horizontal style picardy was used. Often they did not have a treadle, only a hand crank. Sometimes they had both.
I would love to see a picture of it if you can send one. My email address is frontier@scrtc.com