Last Warping Overlooker at Salt's Mill

Made:
1987 in Saltaire
photographer:
Ian Beesley
'Last warping overlooker at Salt's Mill', about 1986

'Last warping overlooker at Salt's Mill', about 1986
Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Last warping overlooker at Salt's Mill' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

Here the last warping overlooker at Salts' Mill stands with some of the empty warp beams used in Sulzer looms.

[Table 61: Through the Mill - The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs, by Ian Beesley and Introduction by Gary Firth]

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1991-5061/99
Measurements:
overall: 487 mm x 387 mm
type:
silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford