100 inch (2.54 m) Clement jack loom from Canada. Four treadles, very low castle, beater bar hinged on the bottom of the frame. There are four horizontal metal tubes above the treadles, attached to the treadles via L-shaped hinged metal pieces. The L-shaped pieces are also attached to metal rods that go through the back of the treadles and attach to the shafts. There are two weaving benches set up along the front of the loom.
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Banbury Side
Side view of a mid-19th century four-post countermarche loom from Banbury, England, designed for weaving plush. It appears to be well-used, with very dark wood that shows wear. The loom is not warped and the shafts are at a slight angle. There three shafts and four treadles. The loom has some metal elements (the pivot points for the lamms, some elements on the shafts, some nails, and possibly the cloth beam, though the cloth beam may be worn-smooth wood). The loom is fairly self-contained, with two warp beams on the outside of the rear posts, but attached to them. The shaft mechanism extends outside of the loom fame on the top, as does a structure on top of the crossbar for the hanging beater bar.
Depr CCC B
A 4-shaft table loom from the Depression (U.S.) / New Deal era (1930s) used by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The loom is warped and appears to have string heddles. There are levers on top of the castle that are used for lifting the shafts.
CA Rug Loom 2
Large custom-built tapestry-style loom for knotted-pile weaving. The loom is very tall and quite shallow; about a quarter as deep as it is tall or wide. The loom is warped, with some knotted pile cloth in the working area and on the cloth bar. There appears to be a warp bar, with the warp extending over the top of the loom frame. There is a shed stick to create one shed, and rod with looped string heddles to control the second shed. Built by Simon Fraser at the request of Vicki Fraser.
Weavers delight instructions
Sample from Loom Manual Library. Instruction booklet for Weavers Delight Loom Newcomb Loom Company. Text & layout:
“This Envelope contains
Detailed Instructions
for Unpacking and Assembling the
Weavers Delight Loom
While practically all of this information is contained in the Instruction Book we have deemed it advisable to issue a separate sheet devoted entirely to unpacking and assembling.”
Image of loom with various parts labelled on loom. Labelled parts include: rear roller, warp beam, beam crank, trigger stick, picker strap, picker stick, hinge rod, heddle frames, hand rail, lay or beater, cloth roller, tension rod, and lever L & pawls. The horizontal support is labelled “Weavers Delight (indecipherable)
Newcomb Loom Co.
Davenport Iowa,” though parts of this label are obscured by the picker stick. Below the image of the loom the text continues:
“Study this skeleton illustration
You will get a very good idea of where the various parts belong and how they appear when properly placed in position.
Pay special attention to the ‘Rear Roller’ over the warp beam, the ‘Hinge Rods,’ and the Trigger Stick.’
Newcomb Loom Co., Davenport, Iowa U. S. A.”
SH1 heddle maker
Harness and heddle maker: two parallel wooden structures held together by a rod. The parallel wooden structured are supported by two legs each. The wooden structures each have a round hole in that aligns with the hole in the other wooden structure, and there are two rectangular cutouts on each side of the round holes. A dowel would fit through the round holes at the top, and two slats would be in the rectangular cutouts. Heddles are knitted around the slats and dowel, forming the heddle eye.
Lamms 2 Dia A
Diagram A: the lever action of lamms in relation to a shaft and a treadle. Two long rectangles with labels. Both have an unlabelled red circle on one end (this is likely intended to indicate where the lamm is attached). Both rectangles have an arrow pointing to the horizontal center of the rectangle labelled “Shaft cord.” The top diagram is labeled “This Lamm is a Class 3 Lever” and has a second arrow pointing to a spot about 3/5 of the way between the red circle and the Shaft Cord. This spot is labelled “Treadle cord.” The bottom diagram is labelled “This Lamm is a Class 2 Lever” and has a second arrow pointing to a spot about 2/5 of the way between the center point marked “Shaft cord” and the end of the rectangle that does not have a red circle.
JM1 A
45″, four-post, 2-shaft English-style counterbalance barn-frame loom with back and center uprights and overhead beater.
Els German Loom 2A
60″ 12-shaft countermarche loom built by Andeas Kohmann in Bamberg, Germany. Side view shows automatic take-up system, a set of three visible, interlocking gears. The gears are mounted on what appears to be a flat metal support that is slightly convex, towards the back of the loom. The metal support is attached to the top and bottom side supports of the loom. The upper of the three gears has a crankshaft attached, which rests on a smooth wooden cog. There is twine attached to the crankshaft that leads to the take-up system via a support beam above the castle. The are eight visible treadles and the release for the warp beam is visible. The loom is set up to use eight of the twelve shafts and treadles.
huffman_side
The Huffmans’ incomplete Mendenhall semi-automatic, central post, counterbalance loom, side view. A rough-looking wooden loom with a fairly tall castle. There are no visible treadles. A metal axel runs along the width of the loom between the warp beam and the castle supports. There are metal gears or cranks (about double the diameter of the warp beam) capping each end of the axel vertically, and a gear with a diameter slightly smaller than the warp beam in the middle of the axel. The large metal gear attached to the axel in the foreground appears to be connected to the beater bar via a rope or wooden crankshaft.
branson
Complete Branson semi-automatic, central post, counterbalance loom. Courtesy of American Textile History Museum. There are no visible treadles. A large metal gear is positioned just behind the castle supports and partially covered by a horizontal piece of wood supporting the reed. The large gear appears to be connected to the beater bar by a piece of rope or a wooden dowel. Four pulley holders are suspended from a head roller between the upper castle support and the shafts. There is a fairly large recurved crankshaft that may connect to a beam that is situated between the breast beam and the cloth beam.
mendenhall
S. C. Mendenhall’s Hand Loom, Patent #22,533, January 4, 1859. A patient drawing for a semi-automatic counterbalance loom. No treadles are present. The drawing shows a gear or pulley between the warp beam and the castle supports, a fairly tall castle with a pulley system for the shafts, an attachment point for the beater bar on the lower crossbeam, and recurved front corner posts.
instruction
Instruction sheet for patterns for weaving using Branson Looms. Courtesy of Osborne Library, American Textile History Museum. Three patterns for weaving. Each pattern is a set of four columns with four dots evenly spaced along the length of the column. Each column has two small, solid white dots and two larger Os. The positioning of these small white dots and larger Os indicate the pattern to be woven. Each of the three patterns appears to be labelled, but the labels are indecipherable. The upper half of the sheet contains all three patterns. The lower half of the sheet shows a drawing of a semi-automatic loom and the text “J. L. Branson Proprietor and Manufacturer No. 131 West Fifth Street Cincinnati, Ohio.”
dorset
Dorset four-shaft jack loom by Frank Clifton Wood. Fairly compact four-treadle floor loom with a moderately tall castle and X-shaped side supports. The loom is warped and has a piece of cloth in progress, with a shuttle full of weft yarn balanced on top of the cloth.
barbara_iv
Barbara IV loom designed and patented in 1979 by Thought Products. Countermarch loom with at least 10 treadles and numerous shafts. The overall shape is of an acute isosceles triangle with the vertex at the top. The breast beam and warp beam are on opposite ends of a hinged crossbeam that is set in a “V.” The rear support legs become the castle supports, and the beater bar is suspended from its own set of supports.
loom1
Loom #1, incomplete four-post counterbalance loom in the Greene County Historical Society, Xenia, OH, from the rear. The loom quite dusty. It is oriented so the the warp beam is facing about 4 on a clock face. The sheds, treadles, and what appear to be large wooden pins are on the floor near the loom.
loom2
Loom #2, single rear support counterbalance loom, complete and warped, at Green County Historical Society. The loom is oriented so the the cloth beam is facing about 7:30 on a clock face. A small, four-legged weaving stool sits in position for weaving.
superior
tailor
Thomas the tailor’s loom; an incomplete counterbalance loom. The loom is missing all elements other than the frame, warp beam, cloth bar, beater bar (sans reed), and the pulley for a counterbalance system. The front posts are of a piece with the side panels, and have minor decorative carving on the front edge. The horizontal frame supports for the beater bar and the beater bar arms have similar simple carving.
Marquardsen
Herald Marquardsen jack loom. The large floor loom is not warped and the beater bar does not appear to have a reed, though the loom overall is in good condition. The warp beam contains spacers for sectional warping.
tape_loom
Tape loom on a frame. The rigid-heddle loom has a narrow warp. The loom is part of a square frame that resembles a stool with a square seat that has four legs supporting the seat and four legs sticking up from the seat. The upper legs create the frame for the warp beam on one side, and the rigid heddle on the other. The cloth beam extends out from the “seat” at about 2:30 on a clock face on the side of the frame with the rigid heddle.
DeenLoom1
Deen looms at the Shelby County Historical Society in Harlan, IA. Four Deen semi-automatic jack looms side by side, with cloth beams oriented to about 7:30 on a clock face. None of the looms have treadles. The loom in the foreground has red side panels; the one behind it has green side panels. The other two visible looms appear to have black side panels. The red and green looms are warped and the red loom has partially woven fabric on its cloth beam.
DeenLoom2
Two styles of shuttle stuffers, one with a large wheel and one with a smaller wheel. They are made of mixed wood and metal. The shuttle stuffers have a base (one with either three or five legs, and one that is more like a column) on which a wheel is oriented vertically. Slightly to the side of the large wheel, on the base, is what appears to be a funnel or holster. The shuttle stuffer in the foreground has a second, much smaller wheel attached to the frame by way of a lever arm. It appears as though the smaller wheel may rest on the rim of the larger wheel. The shuttle stuffer in the background has large wooden rod in the funnel / holster.
DeenLoom4
Color illustration of a Deen Advance Automatic Fly Shuttle, two-shaft jack loom. There are no visible treadles. The side panels are red and have a curved cutout area between where they connect to the cloth beam and the castle. The cloth shown on the loom is a red and green plaid on a white base.
DeenLoom5
Black and white illustration in an advertisement for a Deen All Weave semi-automatic jack loom. There are no treadles on the loom. The loom shown has rectangular side panels. There is a twill fabric on the cloth beam. Advertisement text:
42 inch (as illustrated) …… $[indecipherable]
4 ft. …… 110.00
5 ft. …… 115.00
6 ft. …… [indecipherable]
DeenLoom6
Deen loom to be repaired in the collection of Neal and Nellie Springer. Rectangular red side panels indicate that this is probably more like the All Weave loom than the Automatic Fly Shuttle loom. The loom appears to be in rough shape, with rusty-looking metal and wear on the red paint on the side panels.
DeenLoom7
Mechanism from Deen All Weave loom. A long, metal beam, about 1 inch (2.5 cm) tall, four inches wide (10 cm), and several feet (at least 1.5 meters) long. The beam has a metal support coming up perpendicular to the top plane of the beam, which holds something like an interlocking, two-piece metal comb. Directly below this structure, on the 1 inch / 2.5 cm side of the beam is a plaque or label with the words “Deen All-Weave Loom
Deen Loom Company Harlan, Iowa”.
TavernLoom
Early 19th-century four-shaft four-post counterbalance loom built by Ira Draper in the Golden Ball Tavern in Weston, MA. Four treadles. The warp is a medium blue.
DavisLoom
Four-shaft counterbalance loom built by Ed Davis. The loom is warped. Four treadles are visible. The beater bar attaches to the lower side brace.
KorosfoLoom
Painted loom from Körösfő, Hungary (now Izvoru Crișului in Romania) in A magyar nép művészete [The Art of Hungarian Folk] by Dezső Malonyay. A black and white line drawing of a decorated counterbalance loom. The legs, beams, corner posts, beater bar, and weaving stool are all decorated with Hungarian folk-art style floral patterns.
margaret_bergman
Margaret Bergman at Penland School, 1939. Bergman sits at a jack loom of her own design. She is in the process of weaving, with a shuttle in her right hand. She has her hair in a low bun and wears glasses. Photograph courtesy of Trebon Collection.
sharon_bergman_loom
Side view of a Bergman jack loom showing back and front open. The loom is not warped. The front side panel includes a large piece of figured wood.
bergman_loom_folded
Bergman loom with treadles up, and the front folded. There are six treadles visible. The front side panels fold in towards the treadles like cabinet doors. Each panel “door” covers about 1/3 of the width of the front beam.
saunderson_overview
Saunderstown Weaving School, overview of many looms in a room with several large windows. At least 8 full or partial floor looms appear in the photograph, comprising a variety of types and sizes.
gallinger_loom
8-shaft jack loom built for Osma Gallinger, a well-known weaving teacher, by her husband Milo Gallinger, probably in the 1940s.