Object Number 2015.0028.001 H

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

Tulip poplar

Dimensions (inches)

64 (L) , 3.75 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

162.56 (L) , 9.525 (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 breast beam, also sometimes called a fore beam, is closest to the weaver. The newly completed cloth passes over the breast beam, then reverses direction and go down to be wound around the cloth beam.

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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