Hattersley Mechanical Loom

Dublin Core

Title

Hattersley Mechanical Loom

Subject

Industrial Heritage

Description

Hattersley & Sons domestic mechanical loom, used by Sam Groates at Woven in the Bone for the productino of tweed fabric. The Hattersley loom was developed by George Hattersley and Sons of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. The plain Hattersley Domestic Loom was specially developed for cottage or home use and designed to replace the wooden handloom; the Domestic is similar in construction to a power loom. It was introduced ca.1900 and the makers claimed that a speed of 160 picks per minute could be easily attained with from 2 to 8 shafts weaving a variety of fabrics.

Source

tools,scotlandobjects

Contributor

cc274@st-andrews.ac.uk

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

57

Date Submitted

02/08/2024

Date Modified

04/03/2025

Spatial Coverage

current,57.67956396479307,-2.956817660344319;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Applied Arts Scotland

Europeana Type

TEXT

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Prim Media

82

Material

metal

Natural Cultural

Cultural

Function

Weaving

Creation Purpose

For the home production of woven textiles

Citation

“Hattersley Mechanical Loom,” VERAP, accessed May 5, 2025, https://culturality.museum/omeka/items/show/80.

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