Lancashire Loom
Cooper Brothers Limited (fl.1901)
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1900
Materials
Measurements
134 cm (height)210 cm (length)102 cm (width)
Place of origin
Burnley
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453840
Summary
A Lancashire loom made by Cooper Brothers Ltd., Burnley, circa 1900. This machine is number 369, identified by its affixed plate. This machine weaves cotton fabric using warp and weft threads. Hundreds of warp threads are wound around a metal beam at the back of the machine, and are drawn in from the back through a series of healds (thin ropes with eyelets) that are attached to heald shafts. As the shafts are raised and lowered, the weft thread is sent from side-to-side between the warp threads by a shuttle, weaving together the individual threads into a solid piece of cloth.
Marks and inscriptions
Plate at the top of the horizontal bar the runs across the top of the loom: Cooper Bro's Limited Burnley Plate at the top of the horizontal bar the runs across the top of the loom: Cooper Bro's Limited Burnley Smaller plate above the makers plate on horizontal bar: white; 369 Plate at the top of the horizontal bar the runs across the top of the loom: Cooper Bro's Limited Burnley Smaller plate above the makers plate on horizontal bar: white; 369 Hanging from the horizontal bar: date 6/8/87 / spinner; own / order no. 0/43 / pro. no. 497 / counter 12 / ends 1284 / no. of cuts 8 / yds per cut 100 / STUDDARD B.M. / order no. / ends 1284 / counts 12 / S. B.M. Plate at the top of the horizontal bar the runs across the top of the loom: Cooper Bro's Limited Burnley Smaller plate above the makers plate on horizontal bar: white; 369 Hanging from the horizontal bar: date 6/8/87 / spinner; own / order no. 0/43 / pro. no. 497 / counter 12 / ends 1284 / no. of cuts 8 / yds per cut 100 / STUDDARD B.M. / order no. / ends 1284 / counts 12 / S. B.M. Reverse: handwritten; 2 green / 8 con / B3
Makers and roles
Cooper Brothers Limited (fl.1901), manufacturer