Hattersley Mechanical Loom

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Hattersley Mechanical Loom

Description

Hattersley & Sons domestic mechanical loom, used by Sam Groates at Woven in the Bone for the production 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

iain

Format

text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object

Type

3D Object

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Medium

https://www.woveninthebone.com/

Spatial Coverage

current,57.67634461311947,-2.964904457330704;

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Europeana Rights

University of St Andrews

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3D

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Hattersley & Sons domestic mechanical loom, used by Sam Groates at Woven in the Bone for the production 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.

Citation

“Hattersley Mechanical Loom,” VERAP, accessed May 3, 2025, https://culturality.museum/omeka/items/show/82.

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