Growing interest in weaving after the Second World War led to a revival of craft spinning. Hungarian immigrant Istvan Nagy began making spinning wheels in Wellington in the late 1960s. He made two styles of kauri spinning wheel: saxony and upright (pictured). Nagy sold his wheels locally and also exported to the United States.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP/1975/2758/26-F
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Hi, I just acquired a Nagy
Rhondi Schmidt (not verified)
28 o Ākuhata 2020
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