Loom Collection (page 5)

Swiss Textile Industry - Bern
A card celebration the Swiss Textile Industry. An interesting historical addition, this card was posted 6 days prior to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo

Sierra Leone, West Africa - A Cotton Weaver
Sierra Leone, West Africa - Cotton Weaver at work in the open air. On wet days, the weaving is done in a Barri or working shed. Date: circa 1910s

Baby on cushions, sitting up in a chair
A baby, around six months old, sitting up in a chair on some comfy cushions. Date: November 1954

Weaving Loom 18th C
A man weaving on a hand-loom, operating the treadles with his feet. Date: Circa 1760

Roberts and Coppocks Improvement in Looms for Weaving
Technical drawing of an invention, patented in 1855, by Roberts and Coppock, consisting of an improved arrangement of parts for letting the yarn off the warp beam in a weaving loom

Winter Gardens, Strand Palace Hotel, London
View inside the Winter Gardens of the Strand Palace Hotel, London, with art deco style decor. Date: circa 1930s

Axminster carpet loom, Festival of Britain, London
A large Axminster carpet loom on display and in action in the Power and Production Pavilion, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Date: May 1951

Edmnd Cartwright / Thomson
EDMUND CARTWRIGHT Inventor of the power loom Date: 1743 - 1823

Hand-operated loom for Axminster carpets, Glasgow
A team of five men operate the large hand loom for Axminster carpets at the factory of Messrs Templeton, Glasgow, Scotland

Interior of early London to Paris passenger aircraft
View of the interior of a London to Paris passenger aircraft, in the early days of aviation. There are curtains at the windows, and the seating is made of wickerwork, in Lloyd Loom style

Shawl making, India
The manufacture of shawls at Amritsar, India

Silk weaving on a loom - Japan

Macedonia - Woman working at a loom
Bitolao (Bukovo), Macedonia - Jolly weaver woman, working at her loom, making pale mats

Weaving - Southern Algeria
Southern Algeria - Sahara - Goubi Women from Kames weaving on a lightweight loom in the shade of a palm tree at an oasis

School of Carpet Making
A pupil at the School of Carpet-making run by Madame Delfau

Turkish rug manufacture
The manufacturing of Turkish carpets. Women sit at the base of a large loom, with the different coloured balls of wool hanging on an upper strut

Nomads making rugs in the desert, Tunisia
Nomads making rugs in the desert in front of their low tents, Tunisia

Isparta - Turkey
Isparta - famour for rugs and growing roses which are distilled into Attar of Roses which is used in the perfume trade to this day

Carpet Production at Kula
Kula, Turkey. Women and children make carpets on a large loom, while two men in fez hats oversee proceedings. Renowned for volcanic rock formations as well as carpets

Platts Spinning Machine
Cotton manufacture at the International Exhibition: Platts Self-Acting Mule or Cottonspinning machine

Sandwich Weavers
A woman weaver making woven fabric in Jasper Pearsons shop at Sandwich, Kent, England. Date: early 1930s

Manufacturing silk
Three Japanese women working at a loom manufacturing silk Date: Late 19th Century

Ackroyds Loom-Shed
The interior of Ackroyds loom-shed at Halifax, Yorkshire : for the production of worsted goods

Navajo Woman Weaving
A Native American Navajo woman weaving

Silk and Tea
While a weaver sits at her loom, a servant (?) pours her a refreshing cup of tea

Learning to Weave
A girl learning to weave on a loom at the London County Council Handicraft School

C17 Loom / Woodcut / Colour
A weaver at his loom

MOXONs CARPET LOOM 1862
Moxon & Co Patent Carpet Loom, which won the Prize Medal at the 1862 Exhibition, London

Cotton machinery
Crompton and Roberts cotton machinery

Carpet Weaver 1827
A carpet weaver working at a loom; the design is traced on pasteboard, tied about the weaver, who reads the pattern and colours from it

Edmund Cartwright / W Invt
EDMUND CARTWRIGHT Inventor of the power loom

Scottish Weaver
The Weavers Shop An old Scottish man sits at his loom

Jaquard Loom / C 1885
A family admiring a Jacquard loom

Weaving in China
A woman working at a large wooden framed loom in China

Smiths Jacquard Loom
Smith Brothers PATENT JACQUARD LOOM which obtained a prize medal at the 1862 International Exhibition, London

Weaver at his Loom
A weaver at his loom, which is drawn with unusual attention to detail - including his clogs, showing that he operates the treadles barefoot

WEAVING 1568
A weaver at his loom; his wife is arriving with fresh hanks of wool

WEAVING 1658
A weaver at his loom

German Weaver 1699
A German weaver at his loom

Spinning Wool 1930S
Two old dames using combs and and a traditional spinning wheel to spin wool which will be used on a hand loom, Sandwich, Kent, England

Thomas Loombe
THOMAS LOOMBE a gentleman who did not loom very large in the history of his times

Weaving a Tapestry
A woman weaving a tapestry of Arms of the Weavers of London 1700 on a wooden hand loom

Weaving on a Hand Loom
A woman using a table hand loom, which apparently can weave anything in any type of pattern

Pyne - Worsted Winder
A WORSTED WINDER The female figure... is employed in winding worsted upon bobbins, preparatory to its being placed ypon the loom, to weave into lace

Fantasy Looms
The humble artisan toils at his loom - and lo ! he weaves a creation of beauty !

Cotton Loom
Working on a cotton loom

TUERs CARPET LOOM 1862
Tuer and Halls Power-Loom for weaving carpets. (Exhibited at the 1862 Exhibition, London)

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