Lancashire Loom
Cooper Brothers Limited (fl.1901)
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1900
Materials
Metal
Measurements
122 cm (height)209 cm (length)100 cm (width)
Place of origin
Burnley
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453837
Summary
A Lancashire loom made by Cooper Brothers Ltd., Burnley, circa 1900. This machine is number 365, identified by its affixed plate. The loom has a Lupton and Place Ltd Climax Super mounted on the horizontal bar across the top. 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
Front of the horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: maker; Cooper Brothers Ltd Burnley Front of the horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: maker; Cooper Brothers Ltd Burnley Front of cross piece: white; 356 Front of the horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: maker; Cooper Brothers Ltd Burnley Front of cross piece: white; 356 Rear of cross piece: white; 41 Front of the horizontal bar that runs across the top of the loom: maker; Cooper Brothers Ltd Burnley Front of cross piece: white; 356 Rear of cross piece: white; 41 Healds: dae 16/9/86 / spinner ____(unreadable) / order no. F15 / pro. no. 898 brown / counts 12+2/30 / ends 820+20 col / no. of cuts 9 / yds per cut 100 / net weight ..... / STUDDARD B.M.
Makers and roles
Cooper Brothers Limited (fl.1901), manufacturer