Hand Looms Supplements
The Hand Looms Supplements use the same format as the quarterly newsletter. These annual publications focus on hand looms, both antique and modern. Such noted authorities on looms as Janet Meany, the editor of The Weavers Friend, and the late Bill Ralph are among the contributors. Click here for Order Form.
Supplement #14 - May 2011
In this edition we have a report on the restoration of two handmade 19th-century looms in Greene County, Ohio. Then we learn about two looms, one simple and one complex, built by a company in Ohio at the beginning of the 20th century. Writing on an old loom leads to an on-line search for its former owner. A 20th-century German loom is restored and updated, and a tape loom on a frame is described.
Restoring Two Looms in Greene County, Ohio
Kathleen Armstrong was volunteered by her mother to restore two looms belonging to the historical society in Greene County, OH. One had some unusual features, many parts missing, and no history. The other, while structurally simpler, came with all its parts and some history.
Loom #1 from the rear
Sketch of Loom #1
Loom #2
Sketch of Loom #2
Two Reed Looms
Reed Loom Company of Springfield, OH, produced a wide variety of looms from very simple to quite complex in the early 20th century. Windy Ferree tells about her very plain but sturdy "Little Dandy" loom, and Linda Bertanzetti describes her very rare and complex "Superior" loom.
Little Dandy
Superior
The Mystery of Thomas the Tailor's Loom
Pencil writing on the side of a large old loom set Julie Fuller on a quest to find the owner, who she discovered was a tailor. Thanks to the on-line resources, she was able to trace him and some of his descendants. She describes the loom and her theories about it.
Thomas the tailor's loom
Restoring a Marquardsen Loom
Frank Dykes obtained his Herald Marquardsen loom by trading some Victorian furniture that he could no longer use. He rescued this loom, which was popular with students of the Bauhaus in the 1930s. He recounts the restoration process and how he is updating the loom.
Herald Marquardsen loom
A Tape Loom on a Frame
From her years of researching and weaving on tape looms, Bonnie Weidert recognized an old and strange-looking piece on eBay as a rigid-heddle loom. She describes the frame construction and how it works.
Tape loom on a frame
The Huffmans' loom side view
The Huffmans' loom front view
Branson Loom
Courtesy of American Textile History Museum
Mendenhall's Patent #22,533, Jan 4, 1859
Barbara IV loom
Dorset loom
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Supplement #13 Restoring a Mendenhall Loom Stephen C. Mendenhall and His Self-Acting Looms The Branson Family of Ohio Dorset Looms Weaving on a Barbara IV Loom Gendered Textile Terminology |
Supplement #12 In Search of Old Looms Resources for Studying Looms An English-Style Barn-Frame Loom A German Loom in British Columbia A Harness and Heddle Maker Lamms and Levers In Memoriam: Gene Elizabeth Valk Book Review by Florence Feldman-Wood |
Supplement #11 A Plush Loom from Banbury, England A Loom From Nova Scotia Looms of the Depression A Norwegian-Style Tape Loom Inquiry: Is It a Loom? The Loom for the California Rug A Loom Museum Two Reviews |
Supplement #10 A Scale Drawing for a Late 18th-Century Pennsylvania Loom Rediscovering Roger Lawrence's Looms Three-Shaft Weaving A Reconstruction of John Murphy's "Diaper" Harness |
Supplement #9 A Simple Box of Weaving Equipment Joseph Lauser's Loom Head Large Rigid-Heddle Rug Looms The "Bardo" Rug Loom The "Bumper" Loom Three-Treadle Weaving Indicators Looms of the Chimayo Weavers Inquiry: A "Heddle Board" |
Supplement #7 A 300-Year-Old Blanket Broadloom Loom From Weaver Rose The Eureka Loom A Modest Lady's Inkle Loom |
Supplement #6 The Rocker-Beater Loom A Shaker Loom in Question A Ukranian Loom in British Columbia A Loom from Telemark, Norway Teaching Weaving in India Index to Supplements #1 to #5 |
Supplement #5 A Kashmiri Portable Creel A Ribbon Loom in Reading, England Evolution of the Masterweaver Loom Leclerc Looms Restoring a "Weaver's Friend" Loom Maria Kipp's Three-Beam Loom |
| Out Of Print [Available as a photocopy for $5 each] Supplement #1 June 1998 Supplement #2 Supplement #3 Supplement #4 Supplement #8 |
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