Lancashire Loom
Butterworth and Dickinson Limited
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1900
Materials
Metal
Measurements
127.5 cm (height)230 cm (length)107 cm (width)
Place of origin
Burnley
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453825
Summary
A Lancashire loom made by Butterworth and Dickinson, Burnley, circa 1900. This machine is number 47, 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.
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; 47 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; 47 Left end of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 798 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; 47 Left end of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 798 Top left end of horizontal bar: white; 45TV = 8_10 (unreadable) 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; 47 Left end of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 798 Top left end of horizontal bar: white; 45TV = 8_10 (unreadable) Left and right end of cross piece (back): indicates width of cloth that loom weaves; 56
Makers and roles
Butterworth and Dickinson Limited, manufacturer