Lancashire Loom
Willan and Mills
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1880
Materials
Metal
Measurements
124 cm (height)236 cm (length)124 cm (width)
Place of origin
Blackburn
Collection
Quarry Bank, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 1453827
Summary
A Lancashire loom (number 235), circa 1880, made by Willan and Mills, Blackburn, purchased from Grane Mill, Haslingden (part of a batch purchased for £1500 in the 1990s).
Provenance
The loom was purchased as part of a lot from Grane Mill in Burnley, Lancashire.
Marks and inscriptions
Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Willan and Mills Blackburn Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Willan and Mills Blackburn Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 235 Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Willan and Mills Blackburn Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 235 Back of plate on centre horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 50 Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Willan and Mills Blackburn Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 235 Back of plate on centre horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 50 Hanging from horizontal bar: L235 b-2- / ends 2200 - 18s / weft - 12s / reed 51s / width in reed 42½" /____(unreadable) / date in 3-1-97 / heading 2 red bars Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Willan and Mills Blackburn Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 235 Back of plate on centre horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 50 Hanging from horizontal bar: L235 b-2- / ends 2200 - 18s / weft - 12s / reed 51s / width in reed 42½" /____(unreadable) / date in 3-1-97 / heading 2 red bars Hanging from horizontal bar: RY QUAL / 12 / date 9-8 / machine no. .... / gross .... / tone ....
Makers and roles
Willan and Mills, manufacturer