Treadle Looms, Hattersley's of Keighley

PART OF:
Through The Mill: The Story of Yorkshire Wool In Photographs
Made:
1987 in West Yorkshire
maker:
Ian Beesley
Treadle Looms, Hattersley's of Keighley

Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Treadle Looms, Hattersley's of Keighley' by Ian Beesley. Signed in pencil on the back. Produced for the commission 'Through the Mill: The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs', 1985-1987.

These looms were originally designed for weaving Harris-Tweed. Here looms await export to Third World cottage industries in 1983. Hattersley's closed shortly afterwards.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2026-2/59
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 392 mm x 487 mm
image: 356 mm x 455 mm
type:
photograph and silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford

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