Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

Made:
c.1825 in London and Macclesfield
maker:
Warner and Sons
inventor:
Joseph Marie Jacquard
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Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

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Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving, c.1840, fitted with Jacquard machine, c.1825, made by Guillotte, complete with lamp

The Jacquard loom, developed by Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) in 1804, enabled a loom to weave patterned cloth. This is a hand loom, the Jacquard mechanism being hand-operated to select the heads to be raised or lowered once the operator presses the treadle to form the thread. The Jacquard mechanism most likely dates to the period 1820-1834, and was made separately to the loom itself, which is circa 1840. The loom, which has 400 needles, was given to the Museum by Messrs Warner and Sons in 1914 when the firm was at the height of its activity at New Mills at Braintree in Essex.

Details

Category:
Textiles Machinery
Object Number:
1914-469
Materials:
oak (wood), steel (metal), wrought iron, silk and textile
type:
looms
credit:
Warner and Sons

Parts

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Old Spitalfields hand loom

Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism.

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Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with jacquard machine, made by Guillotte. The Jacquard loom, developed by the Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) in 1804, enabled a loom to weave patterned cloth. This is a hand loom, the Jacquard being hand-operated to select the healds to be raised or lowered once the operator presses the treadle to form the thread. The loom to which the Jacquard mechanism is attached is circa 1840.

By 1860 Daniel Walters & Sons had 150 Jacquard machines and employed 300 hands. Messrs Warner and Sons took over in 1894, retaining William Folliott as manager until his retirement in 1914. William Folliott had owned a Harness making business which he sold in 1860. The loom was given to the Museum by Warner and Sons in 1914 when the firm was at the height of its activity at New Mills at Braintree in Essex.

Measurements:
overall: 2800 mm x 1630 mm x 3050 mm,
Materials:
iron and wood
Object Number:
1914-469/1
type:
hand loom and jacquard machine
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Loom shears, cards, woven cloth sample and three wooden reels from Spitalfields loom, by Bamford Co., Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

Loom shears

Loom shears, cards, woven cloth sample and three wooden reels from Spitalfields loom, by Bamford Co., Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

Measurements:
overall: 110 x 35 x 10 mm
Materials:
steel and brass (shears)
Object Number:
1914-469/2
type:
loom shears
Parts from the Spitalfields hand loom, including the pedal lock, Bamford Co., Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

Parts for Spitalfields Hand Loom

Parts from the Spitalfields hand loom, including the pedal lock, Bamford Co., Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/3
type:
parts
Metal Parts for Spitalfields Hand Loom

Metal Parts for Spitalfields Hand Loom

Metal parts from the Spitalfields hand loom, Bamford Co., Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1914-469/3/2
type:
components
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1914-469/3
Bobbin rack, from Jacquard loom, patented in 1804, by Joseph Marie Jacquard

bobbin rack from Jacquard loom

Bobbin rack, from Jacquard loom, patented in 1804, by Joseph Marie Jacquard

Measurements:
Not seen
Object Number:
1914-469/4
type:
looms
Rope for Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism

Rope for Old Spitalfields hand loom

Rope for Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism

Object Number:
1914-469/5
type:
loom
Foot treadle from hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine.

Foot treadle for hand loom

Foot treadle from hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine.

Materials:
oak (wood)
Object Number:
1914-469/6
type:
looms
Foot treadle, wooden plank with pointed end, attached to a metal bracket with two bolts, for hand loom.

Foot treadle from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

Foot treadle, wooden plank with pointed end, attached to a metal bracket with two bolts, for hand loom.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/7
type:
looms
Wooden bench seat for hand loom.

Bench seat from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

Wooden bench seat for hand loom.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/8
type:
looms
Cloth beam lever for hand loom, sits in one of four holes in the beam.

Cloth beam lever from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

Cloth beam lever for hand loom, sits in one of four holes in the beam.

Measurements:
overall: 30 mm x 30 mm x 462 mm, .217 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/9
type:
looms
One of two shuttles for the hand loom, wooden with pointed ends, with S. MADDOX stamped on the side.

One of two shuttles from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

One of two shuttles for the hand loom, wooden with pointed ends, with S. MADDOX stamped on the side.

Measurements:
overall: 17 mm x 245 mm x 22 mm, .081 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/10
type:
looms
One of two shuttles for the hand loom, wooden with pointed ends, with a nearly empty pirn or spool of blue thread inside.

One of two shuttles from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

One of two shuttles for the hand loom, wooden with pointed ends, with a nearly empty pirn or spool of blue thread inside.

Measurements:
overall: 15 mm x 250 mm x 27 mm, .091 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and textile
Object Number:
1914-469/11
type:
looms
One of two thin wooden battens for the hand loom, with curved ends.

One of two battens from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

One of two thin wooden battens for the hand loom, with curved ends.

Measurements:
overall: 5 mm x 288 mm x 39 mm, .023 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/12
type:
looms
One of two thin wooden battens for the hand loom, with pointed ends.

One of two battens from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

One of two thin wooden battens for the hand loom, with pointed ends.

Measurements:
overall: 5 mm x 337 mm x 50 mm, .025 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/13
type:
looms
One of two lease rods for the hand loom, wooden with thread attached at either end, used to divide the warp threads.

One of two lease rods from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

One of two lease rods for the hand loom, wooden with thread attached at either end, used to divide the warp threads.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/14
type:
looms
One of two lease rods for the hand loom, wooden with thread attached at either end, used to divide the warp threads.

One of two lease rods from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

One of two lease rods for the hand loom, wooden with thread attached at either end, used to divide the warp threads.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/15
type:
looms
One metal rod from the hand loom, sits within the layers of thread closest to the cloth beam.

One metal rod from the Spitalfields Hand Loom

One metal rod from the hand loom, sits within the layers of thread closest to the cloth beam.

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1914-469/16
type:
looms
One set of sixteen small jacquard pattern cards sewn together to form a round, each card labelled one to sixteen, for use on the Jacquard machine attached to the hand loom.

Sixteen small jacquard pattern cards from Jacquard loom

One set of sixteen small jacquard pattern cards sewn together to form a round, each card labelled one to sixteen, for use on the Jacquard machine attached to the hand loom.

Measurements:
overall: 10 mm x 500 mm x 103 mm, .092 kg
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1914-469/17
type:
looms
One of two wooden spools with thread with blue ends by Courtaulds Ltd., Braintree.

Wooden spool from Jacquard loom

One of two wooden spools with thread with blue ends by Courtaulds Ltd., Braintree.

Materials:
textile and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/18
type:
looms
One of two wooden spools with thread by Wilson Bros, Liverpool.

Wooden spool from Jacquard loom

One of two wooden spools with thread by Wilson Bros, Liverpool.

Materials:
textile and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/19
type:
looms

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