Object Number 2015.0028.001 E

Object Name

Tool (for textiles) (Loom)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

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

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Likely Berks, Bucks, or Montgomery County

Date

1740-1800

Materials

Oak; Chestnut; Maple; Iron

Dimensions (inches)

57 (L) , 13 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

144.78 (L) , 33.02 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 12/16/2016

This is part of a simple shaft loom that was made in the late eighteenth century in Southeastern Pennsylvania and used there for over two hundred years. The cloth beam held the finished portion of the cloth being woven on the loom. The metal and wooden gears on one end of this cloth beam let the weaver turn the cloth beam to wrap more cloth around it, and to control the tension on the warp as he was weaving.

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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[Book] White, George. 1846 A Practical Treatise on Weaving by Hand and Power Looms: Intended as a Textbook for Manufacturers by Hand and Power Looms and Power Loom Engineers. 362.
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