Wooden frame hand loom, made around 1830.
Before factories, families made cloth together by hand. They had machines like these in their homes or small workshops. Women used spinning wheels to twist cotton into yarn. Men worked on looms, weaving it into fabric.
Details
- Category:
- Textile Industry
- Object Number:
- Y1973.6
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
Overall: 2133 mm x 1600 mm x 2590 mm,
- type:
- hand loom
- credit:
- Gift of Salford Museum and Art Gallery