Lancashire Loom
Willan and Mills
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1880
Materials
Metal
Measurements
121.5 cm (height)218 cm (length)112 cm (width)
Place of origin
Blackburn
Collection
Quarry Bank, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 1453830
Summary
A Lancashire loom (number 243), 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 Haslingden, 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; 243 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; 243 Plate centre of horizontal bar (back): 45 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; 243 Plate centre of horizontal bar (back): 45 Hanging from horizontal bar: mule weft 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; 243 Plate centre of horizontal bar (back): 45 Hanging from horizontal bar: mule weft Hanging from horizontal bar: L243 lt towel / date in 29-1-96 / warp - 1102 / ends - 12s / weft condensor / reed 33s counts / heading 2 blue bars / width in reed - 33½"
Makers and roles
Willan and Mills, manufacturer