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ATHM records refer to this as "Loom, Slot and Hole, Knee".
Single slab. 13 holes, 12 slots closed at top, 8 3/4" long. Knee grips crudely whittled, shaping lower 7 1/2" into paddle. One side has initials P.T. and date 1773 scratch-carved on it.

Frame for tying the string heddles used in loom harnesses. The two flat laths are harness frames; the round rod, when pulled out, leaves a uniform loom or eye in each heddle. The T-posts are adjustable for different harness lengths.

Frames on which to tie string heddles. The flat sticks are the bars which, with the heddles, form a harness. The frame is adjustable to allow for harness bars of different lengths. After all the heddles are tied, the round stick is pulled out of the…

Machinery on top of a wooden loom. Single large treadle.
The dobby, also called the "witch" or "small Jacquard", was designed for weaving small geometrical or symmetrical figures requiring more harnesses than could be individually treadled.

The…

Spreader has two pegs for treadles. Boxed in seat with not overhang. Trestle feet.

Originally a table loom 18 1/2" high, operated by hand jacks. New mounted on an X-base with lamms and treadles added. Heddles are 9" long.

Two wooden slats are held together with string while bamboo strips are held in between.

30 whittled holes
Straight 5" handle
3 small holes, possibly for hanging

Teeth not all the way through. End connectors are fixed so as not to let top bar come down too far. Mortise and tenon, pinned on bottom section, and holed. Middle connector is holed, but it is round on bottom and goes right through. 106 teeth,…

Cap missing. Lock piece at one end has thick top, other end thin with hole for pin. Upper edge chamfered.