Object Number 2015.0028.001 WW

Object Name

Tool (for textiles) (Lam)

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 created in Berks, Montgomery, or Bucks County.

Date

1750-1900

Materials

Oak

Dimensions (inches)

0.625 (H) , 29.625 (L) , 1.875 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.587 (H) , 75.247 (L) , 4.762 (W)

Object Description

Web - 12/16/2016

This stick came to Winterthur with a loom used in southeastern Pennsylvania for more than two hundred years. It is part of the system that connects the treadles to the shafts, allowing the weaver to raise and lower warp threads while 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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