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  2. Margaret Olofsson Bergman - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Olofsson Bergman was a weaver, teacher, and designer from the Pacific Northwest. During the 1930s, Bergman designed and patented two looms: the Bergman Suitcase loom and the Bergman Floor loom. Each loom was designed with unique folding frames that enabled the loom to collapse even when fully warped.

  3. Salish weaving - Wikipedia

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    The Salish loom is formed with two vertical posts that support two horizontal bars about 6 ft in length. On these horizontal bars the blankets are woven and adjusted on the vertical posts for variations in size. The warp is wrapped around the horizontal bar and held tight during the weaving process. [2]

  4. Power loom - Wikipedia

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    A Northrop loom manufactured by Draper Corporation in the textile museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. A power loom is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The first power loom was designed and patented in 1785 by Edmund Cartwright. [1]

  5. Weaving shed - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of a weaving shed was to provide spaces for rows and rows of identical looms. A standard shed would house 1200 looms, and it was common to think in multiples of 400 looms. These looms would be tentered by weavers who worked from four to eight looms each [4] and were paid on piece-rate. The looms would be maintained by a skilled ...

  6. Bead weaving - Wikipedia

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    Some looms have roller bars; these allow the weaver to produce pieces that are longer than the loom. Most looms are meant to sit on a table, but some have floor stands or are meant to sit in the lap. Cheap bead looms are sometimes made from styrofoam trays, wrapping the warp through evenly-spaced small slits notched into opposite edges.

  7. Drop box (weaving device) - Wikipedia

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    The drop box consists of a partitioned lift mechanism at one end of the loom, of which any section can be lowered to the working height of the loom so that the shuttle can be loaded. [ 4 ] Whilst the drop box made weaving equipment significantly more complex and expensive, [ 4 ] it made the process much faster and contributed to a greater ...

  8. Northrop Loom - Wikipedia

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    A Draper loom in textile museum, Lowell, Massachusetts A Draper loom showing a Northrop filling-changing battery (the cylinder of pirns) in Bamberg, South Carolina The Northrop Loom was a fully automatic power loom marketed by George Draper and Sons, Hopedale, Massachusetts beginning in 1895.

  9. Jacquard machine - Wikipedia

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    It is the "Jacquard head" that adapts to a great many dobby looms that allow the weaving machine to then create the intricate patterns often seen in Jacquard weaving. Jacquard-driven looms, although relatively common in the textile industry, are not as ubiquitous as dobby looms which are usually faster and much cheaper to operate.

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