Six single shuttles and double shuttle; pluck pin and reed for hand loom weaving

Made:: before 1909 in Glasgow

maker:: Brown

Six single shuttles and double shuttle; pluck pin and reed for hand loom weaving, by makers J. Garrick (double shuttle) and Brown, Glasgow, Scotland.

Details

Category:: Textiles Machinery

Object Number:: 1909-467

Materials:: beech wood and box wood

Measurements:: Longest shuttle measured

type:: shuttles

credit:: Buchanan, William

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Four fixed spool shuttles by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland.

Two Kay shuttles, c 18th century.

Four fixed spool shuttles by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland.

Object Number:: 1909-467/1

type:: weaving

Fixed spool shuttle by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland. Light brown silk thread.

Fixed spool shuttle

Fixed spool shuttle by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland. Light brown silk thread.

Measurements:: overall: 310 mm x 30 mm x 20 mm,

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , silk thread and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1909-467/1/1

type:: shuttle

Part of:: 1909-467/1

Fixed spool shuttle by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland. Blue silk thread.

Fixed spool shuttle

Fixed spool shuttle by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland. Blue silk thread.

Measurements:: overall: 390 mm x 40 mm x 26 mm,

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , silk thread and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1909-467/1/2

type:: shuttle

Part of:: 1909-467/1

Fixed spool shuttle by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland. Cream silk thread.

Fixed spool shuttle

Fixed spool shuttle by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland. Cream silk thread.

Measurements:: overall: 325 mm x 30 mm x 20 mm,

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , silk thread and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1909-467/1/3

type:: shuttle

Part of:: 1909-467/1

Fixed spool shuttle by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland. Red silk thread.

Fixed spool shuttle

Fixed spool shuttle by Brown, Glasgow, Scotland. Red silk thread.

Measurements:: overall: 350 mm x 30 mm x 20 mm,

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , silk thread and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1909-467/1/4

type:: shuttle

Part of:: 1909-467/1

A double fixed bobbin shuttle by makers Carrick, Brades Co. and J. Garrick, Glasgow, Scotland.

Two loom shuttles, c 18th century

A double fixed bobbin shuttle by makers Carrick, Brades Co. and J. Garrick, Glasgow, Scotland.

Two loom shuttles, c 18th century. Both are rectangular in section, pointed and tipped with iron at both ends. The yarn is threaded through an ivory eye in the side. The double shuttle (botton) has two pins so as to weave a 2 ply thread. Both shuttles run on rollers to reduce friction. They are of the type of hand loom shuttle designed for use on a fly shuttle loom which was introduced by John Kay in 1733.