Object Number 2015.0028.001 KK

Object Name

Tool (for textiles) (Loom)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Mrs. Jeanne L. Asplundh

Place of Origin

Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Likely created by Bill Leinbach.

Date

1994-2015

Materials

Leather; Oak

Dimensions (inches)

1.5 (H) , 28.5 (L) , 0.625 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.81 (H) , 72.39 (L) , 1.587 (W)

Object Description

Web - 12/16/2016

This leather strap ending in wooden pegs forms part of the support strucure for the loom's shafts and heddles. Looped around the rounded saddle, these leather straps help to either raise or loewr the shafts depending on which treadle the weaver presses and thus rotates the saddle. The treadles connect to the saddle through their chains.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Pritchard, M. E. 1954 A Short Dictionary of Weaving: Including Some Spinning, Dyeing and Textile Terms and a Beginner's Guide to Weaving and Dyeing. 196.
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