Hand Looms Supplements
The Hand Looms Supplements use the same format as the quarterly newsletter. These annual publications focus on hand looms, both antique and modern. Such noted authorities on looms as Janet Meany, the editor of The Weavers Friend, and the late Bill Ralph are among the contributors. Click here for Order Form.
Supplement #15 - April 2012
In this edition we learn about semiautomatic looms and wooden hand looms. We will view the semi-automatic Deen looms from several perspectives—finding them in museums and in use, their history from the point of view of the inventor's son, and descriptions of the various models from the company literature. Then we meet a loom collector who has Deen looms and many, many others. The hand looms that were studied come from early 19th-century Massachusetts, early 20th-century Southern crafts schools, and late 19th-century Hungary.
A Deen Loom Odyssey
Sally Orgren has been coordinating the weaving volunteers for the Millbrook Village Society located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, since 2004. She was surprised to learn that they have a Deen loom in storage. To study more examples of them she traveled to Harlan, IA, where Deen looms were built. But then she found an example not far from home in New Jersey.
Deen looms at the Shelby County Historical Society in Harlan, IA
Two styles of shuttle stuffers
Deen Loom Company History and Loom Models
Janet Meany has been studying the Deen Loom Company for a long time. She met and corresponded with the late James Russell Deen, the son of the founder, James Madison Deen. She shares what he told her about the company. From her extensive collection of catalogs, instruction manuals, and advertisements, Janet also describes the wide variety of loom models built by the Deen Loom Company between 1898 and 1947.
New Reliance
Advance Automatic Fly Shuttle
All Weave
The Springer Loom Collection
At my suggestion, Kathleen Armstrong went to visit Neal and Nellie Springer to see some of his Deen looms. Much to her delight she discovered that the Springers’ collection contains looms of all types. She describes this as a "weaver’s wonderland."
Deen loom to be repaired
Mechanism from Deen All Weave loom
Restoring Two Early Looms in Massachusetts
Barbara Provest’s interest in weaving and spinning has always been tied to her interest in history, and over the years she has restored many old looms. She describes the interesting features of the two early 19th-century looms that she recently reconstructed and the historic houses in which they are located, near her home in Massachusetts.
Golden Ball Tavern loom
Benjamin Caryl House loom
Looms of the Settlement Schools
A gift of a small loom started Pam Howard on a research journey that has influenced her teaching. The loom is similar to those used in the Settlement Schools in Appalachia in the early 20th century. She was able to trace her loom to the builder, Ed Davis, who was very involved in that crafts movement in the 1930s and 1940s.
Pam's loom built by Ed Davis
Hungarian Hand Looms
Adele Harvey combines her expertise as a weaver and her knowledge of Hungarian to present a survey of the hand looms in use in late 19th-century Hungary. Her source is a series of rare books written by Dezso Malonyay in the early 20th century that documented Hungarian folk art and culture.
Painted loom from Korosfo
Loom from the Paloc area
Pictures from Supplement #14 - May 2011
Loom #1 from the rear
Sketch of Loom #1
Loom #2
Sketch of Loom #2
Little Dandy
Superior
Thomas the tailor's loom
Herald Marquardsen loom
Tape loom on a frame
Pictures from Supplement #13 - May 2010
The Huffmans' loom side view
The Huffmans' loom front view
Branson Loom
Courtesy of American Textile History Museum
Mendenhall's Patent #22,533, Jan 4, 1859
Barbara IV loom
Dorset loom
Click HERE for a printable PDF of the Index to Supplements #1 to #13.
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Supplement #14 Restoring Two Looms in Greene County, Ohio Two Reed Looms The Mystery of Thomas the Tailor's Loom Restoring a Marquardsen Loom A Tape Loom on a Frame |
Supplement #13 Restoring a Mendenhall Loom Stephen C. Mendenhall and His Self-Acting Looms The Branson Family of Ohio Dorset Looms Weaving on a Barbara IV Loom Gendered Textile Terminology |
Supplement #12 In Search of Old Looms Resources for Studying Looms An English-Style Barn-Frame Loom A German Loom in British Columbia A Harness and Heddle Maker Lamms and Levers In Memoriam: Gene Elizabeth Valk Book Review by Florence Feldman-Wood |
Supplement #11 A Plush Loom from Banbury, England A Loom From Nova Scotia Looms of the Depression A Norwegian-Style Tape Loom Inquiry: Is It a Loom? The Loom for the California Rug A Loom Museum Two Reviews |
Supplement #10 A Scale Drawing for a Late 18th-Century Pennsylvania Loom Rediscovering Roger Lawrence's Looms Three-Shaft Weaving A Reconstruction of John Murphy's "Diaper" Harness |
Supplement #9 A Simple Box of Weaving Equipment Joseph Lauser's Loom Head Large Rigid-Heddle Rug Looms The "Bardo" Rug Loom The "Bumper" Loom Three-Treadle Weaving Indicators Looms of the Chimayo Weavers Inquiry: A "Heddle Board" |
Supplement #7 A 300-Year-Old Blanket Broadloom Loom From Weaver Rose The Eureka Loom A Modest Lady's Inkle Loom |
Supplement #6 The Rocker-Beater Loom A Shaker Loom in Question A Ukranian Loom in British Columbia A Loom from Telemark, Norway Teaching Weaving in India Index to Supplements #1 to #5 |
Supplement #5 A Kashmiri Portable Creel A Ribbon Loom in Reading, England Evolution of the Masterweaver Loom Leclerc Looms Restoring a "Weaver's Friend" Loom Maria Kipp's Three-Beam Loom |
| Out Of Print [Available as a photocopy for $5 each] Supplement #1 June 1998 Supplement #2 Supplement #3 Supplement #4 Supplement #8 |
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