Object Number 2015.0028.001 MM

Object Name

Tool (for textiles) (Lam hook)

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

1800-1930

Materials

Iron

Dimensions (inches)

3.25 (H) , 3.125 (L) , 1.25 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

8.255 (H) , 7.938 (L) , 3.175 (W)

Object Description

Web - 12/16/2016

This lam hook came to Winterthur alongside a shaft loom that was made in the late eighteenth century in Southeastern Pennsylvania and used there for over two hundred years. It holds the lam sticks together, helping to stabilize the weaving process as the weaver steps back and forth on the treadles.

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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