Lancashire Loom
Slaymakers Bolton Brothers Blackburn Limited
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
126.5 cm (height)223 cm (length)105 cm (width)
Place of origin
Blackburn
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453838
Summary
A Lancashire loom made by Butterworth and Dickinson, Burnley, circa 1900. This machine is number 136, 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.
Provenance
The loom was purchased from Taylor and Hartley Mill in Westhoughton, Lancashire.
Marks and inscriptions
Curved bar on left side of the loom: Butterworth and Dickinson Ltd Burnley Curved bar on left side of the loom: Butterworth and Dickinson Ltd Burnley Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 136 Curved bar on left side of the loom: Butterworth and Dickinson Ltd Burnley Plate centre of horizontal bar that runs across top of loom: white; 136 Left end of reed frame: red text on white diamond shaped background; Slaymakers Bolton Bros Blackburn Ltd
Makers and roles
Slaymakers Bolton Brothers Blackburn Limited, manufacturer