Northrop Loom
The British Northrop Loom Company
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1900
Materials
Metal
Measurements
138 cm (height)222 cm (length)99 cm (width)
Place of origin
Blackburn
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453843
Summary
A loom made by the British Northrop Loom Company, Blackburn, in 1930. This loom features a cylindrical drop-box in which up to 28 pirns of weft thread can stored, ready to fill the shuttle when the previous pirn is empty. This drop-box would allow a weaver to automatically change their shuttle once the yarn had run out, or change the colour of their weft thread, by allowing multiple shuttles to be ready loaded within the drop-box.
Provenance
This British Northrop loom was a gift from Bill Salt; Salt ran his own weaving operation in the floor that is now the Mill Kitchen.
Marks and inscriptions
Horizontal bar across the front of the loom (back): 139___(unreadable) Horizontal bar across the front of the loom (back): 139___(unreadable) Horizontal bar across the front of the loom (front): 139 Horizontal bar across the front of the loom (back): 139___(unreadable) Horizontal bar across the front of the loom (front): 139 Side of cylinder that holds pirns on side of loom: Northrop HBB Horizontal bar across the front of the loom (back): 139___(unreadable) Horizontal bar across the front of the loom (front): 139 Side of cylinder that holds pirns on side of loom: Northrop HBB End of machine (left side): plate; No.26 Midget Patent BY 4847
Makers and roles
The British Northrop Loom Company, manufacturer