Hand loom, c 1832.

Made:
circa 1832

Iron hand carpet loom

Iron hand loom, c 1832. This iron-framed hand loom was in use from 1832 until 1940 for making hand-tufted carpets. It closely resembles the medieval wooden hand looms in which the warp threads are stretched between beams, and rows of woollen tufts are alternated with picks of coarse weft thread inserted by a hand thrown shuttle. The uneven pile was levelled in a shearing machine (1956-176).

Details

Category:
Textiles Machinery
Object Number:
1956-174
type:
looms
credit:
Pitt Rivers Museum

Parts

Hand loom, c 1832.

Hand loom, c 1832.

Iron hand carpet loom, unsigned, 1832

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Iron hand loom, c 1832. This iron-framed hand loom was in use from 1832 until 1940 for making hand-tufted carpets. It closely resembles the medieval wooden hand looms in which the warp threads are stretched between beams, and rows of woollen tufts are alternated with picks of coarse weft thread inserted by a hand thrown shuttle. The uneven pile was levelled in a shearing machine (1956-176).

Object Number:
1956-174/1
type:
looms
Framework for iron hand loom

Framework for iron hand loom

Metal framework for Iron hand carpet loom, unsigned, 1832

Object Number:
1956-174/1/1
type:
loom
Part of:
1956-174/1
Framework for iron hand loom

Framework for iron hand loom

Metal framework for Iron hand carpet loom, unsigned, 1832

Object Number:
1956-174/1/2
type:
loom
Part of:
1956-174/1
Frame piece for iron hand loom

Frame piece for iron hand loom

Wooden frame component for Iron hand carpet loom, unsigned, 1832.

Object Number:
1956-174/1/3
type:
loom
Part of:
1956-174/1
Components of iron hand loom

Components of iron hand loom

Wooden beams, threads and carpet sample for Iron hand carpet loom, unsigned, 1832.

Object Number:
1956-174/1/4
type:
components
Part of:
1956-174/1
Paper pattern for a loom design

Paper pattern for a loom design

Paper pattern for a loom design, mounted, associated with an iron hand loom, by Devoge and Company, Manchester, England, 1832

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Iron hand loom, c 1832. This iron-framed hand loom was in use from 1832 until 1940 for making hand-tufted carpets. It closely resembles the medieval wooden hand looms in which the warp threads are stretched between beams, and rows of woollen tufts are alternated with picks of coarse weft thread inserted by a hand thrown shuttle. The uneven pile was levelled in a shearing machine (1956-176).

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1956-174/2
type:
looms
Bobbins and samples for iron hand loom

Bobbins and samples for iron hand loom

Two boxes of bobbins and samples for Iron hand carpet loom, unsigned, 1832.

Object Number:
1956-174/3
type:
components