Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

Made:
c.1825 in London and Macclesfield
maker:
Warner and Sons
and
Warner and Sons
and
inventor:
Joseph Marie Jacquard
and
Joseph Marie Jacquard
and
Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with

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Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with
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Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving fitted with
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Old Spitalfields hand loom for silk weaving, c.1840, fitted with Jacquard machine, c.1825, made by Guillotte, complete with lamp

The Jacquard loom, developed by Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) in 1804, enabled a loom to weave patterned cloth. This is a hand loom, the Jacquard mechanism being hand-operated to select the healds to be raised or lowered once the operator presses the treadle to form the thread. The Jacquard mechanism most likely dates to the period 1820-1834, and was made seperately to the loom itself, which is circa 1840. The loom, which has 400 needles, was given to the Museum by Messrs Warner and Sons in 1914 when the firm was at the height of its activity at New Mills at Braintree in Essex.

Details

Category:
Textiles Machinery
Object Number:
1914-469
Materials:
oak (wood), steel (metal), wrought iron, silk and textile
type:
looms
credit:
Warner and Sons

Parts

Loom shears

Loom shears

Loom shears, cards, woven cloth sample and three wooden reels from Spitalfields loom, by Bamford Co., Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

Measurements:
overall: 110 x 35 x 10 mm
Materials:
steel and brass (shears)
Object Number:
1914-469/2
type:
loom shears
Parts for Spitalfields Hand Loom

Parts for Spitalfields Hand Loom

Parts from the Spitalfields hand loom, including the pedal lock, Bamford Co., Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1914-469/3
type:
parts
bobbin rack from Jacquard loom

bobbin rack from Jacquard loom

Bobbin rack, from Jacquard loom, patented in 1804, by Joseph Marie Jacquard

Object Number:
1914-469/4
type:
looms