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Loom Data Sheet.pdf
A list of categories useful in describing handlooms. Please click the preview above to see the full document.

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Wool bedspread. Two panels. Orange, yellow, blue, brown, and white wool.

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Blue and White Plaid

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18th century American 40" 2 harness loom. The mortise and tenon joints pinned by wedges are uncommon. The lamms are replacements. The dog for the cloth beam ratchet is missing. The purpose of the perforated shelf on top of the rear plate is not…

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ATHM files: 40", 4 harness loom of American origin. The hand-wrought nails and all-wood dogs and ratchets suggest a mid-18th century date. The diagonal member which supports bench, breast beam posts and both beams, in addition to being nailed to the…

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Bamboo strips are held in place by wood slats placed lengthwise and all held together with string wound around. 20 dents per 2"

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ATHM files: 18th century American, probably Pennsylvania German in origin, 40" 4 harness loom. The cantilevered side plates with ornamental ends, the pivot seat on sloping brackets (replacements) and the carving in the ends of the breast beam all…

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28 dents per 2"

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ATHM file: 18th or early 19th century 40" 4 harness loom, probably from New England. The breast beam posts are braced by curved quadrants which also support the cloth beam.

The metal reed (1959.1.7.2) is later than the rest of the loom. The rear…

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A hole in the bar at one end for storing (?)
26 dents per 2"
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