Lancashire Loom
Butterworth and Dickinson Limited
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1900
Materials
Metal
Measurements
127 cm (height)242 cm (length)109 cm (width)
Place of origin
Burnley
Collection
Quarry Bank, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 1453831
Summary
A Lancashire loom (number 43), circa 1900, made by Butterworth and Dickinson, Burnley, purchased from Oxford Mill, Burnley.
Provenance
The loom was purchased from Oxford Mill in Burnley, Lancashire.
Marks and inscriptions
Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Butterworth and Dickinson Burnley Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Butterworth and Dickinson Burnley Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 43 Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Butterworth and Dickinson Burnley Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 43 Left end of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 774 Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Butterworth and Dickinson Burnley Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 43 Left end of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 774 Left and right end of cross piece (back): indicates width of cloth that loom weaves; 56 Front of horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: Butterworth and Dickinson Burnley Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 43 Left end of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 774 Left and right end of cross piece (back): indicates width of cloth that loom weaves; 56 Top of cross piece, left end: 45TV=____(unreadable)
Makers and roles
Butterworth and Dickinson Limited, manufacturer