Hattersley Dobby Loom
George Hattersley & Sons Ltd
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1900
Materials
Metal
Measurements
127 cm (height)290 cm (length)116 cm (width)
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453844
Summary
A loom made by George Hattersley Ltd, Keighley, in 1900. This loom is number 560, identified by its painted number. It has a dobby mechanism attached (NT.1453855). 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) which are attached to heald shafts. As the shafts are raised and lowered, the weft thread is sent from side-to-side between the warps by a shuttle, weaving together the individual threads into a solid piece of cloth.
Marks and inscriptions
Curved bars on the side of the loom: Hattersley Ltd Curved bars on the side of the loom: Hattersley Ltd Horizontal bar on the top of the loom: white; 560 Curved bars on the side of the loom: Hattersley Ltd Horizontal bar on the top of the loom: white; 560 Hanging from the horizontal bar across the top of the bar: loom 560 / ends 2680-18s / weft -18s / reed 60s / width 44" / picks per inch 44 / change wheel 51 / date in loom 16-8-1996 / 27-9-96 / L1-11-96
Makers and roles
George Hattersley & Sons Ltd, manufacturer