'Pirns', Silk Department, Lister's Mill, Bradford

Gelatine silver print entitled ''Pirns', Silk Department, Lister's Mill, Bradford' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

The wound bobbins in the foreground are 'pirns' (packages of weft yarn which fit the shuttle of the automatic pirn-changing looms).

[Table 60: Through the Mill - The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs, by Ian Beesley and Introduction by Gary Firth]

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2026-2/93
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 487 mm x 387 mm
type:
silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford