Four shaft table loom. [BS [OPS Move] 19/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Four shaft table loom. [BS [OPS Move] 19/6/2017]
Long description: Four shaft table loom. Formed of two planks of wood with large scallops cut away from the top edge, these are joined at either end by a series of cylindrical wooden rods wound with green warp yarn and partially woven fabric. Two pronged upright lengths of wood are screwed to the scalloped planks in the centre from which two pairs of smaller lengths of wood are bracketed by two longer lengths; these are secured in the upper prongs. At the outer end of the each smaller wooden length a chain is attached which is vertically connected to two wooden lengths set diagonally across the length of each scalloped plank. The inner ends of the smaller upper lengths are knotted with cord which vertically attach to four heddle combs of twisted wire. The warp passes through each of these wires through a circular opening. The partially completed fabric is horizontally striped and textured in green, blue, white and pink. [BS [OPS Move] 19/6/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Kensington
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Kensington Weavers
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1939
Date collected: By 1939
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Textile, Material Yarn, Material Pigment, Process Carpentered, Process Carved, Process Woven, Process Forged (Metal), Process Nailed, Process Coiled, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width: max 605 mm, Length: max 735 mm, Depth: max 635 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1939.5.1B

Search terms: Textile, Loom

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