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The Hattersley Standard Loom was designed and built in 1921. Thousands of models were expected to be sold, which would bring considerable financial success to the company.[1] After the recapitalisation boom of 1919, cotton yarn production peaked in 1926 and further investment was sparse.
The Hattersley Domestic Loom was part of the Hattersley Domestic System that include other machines such as the pirn winder and warping mill. It was a compact machine, combining all the know-how and precision engineering of the nineteenth century with the need for a treadle -operated loom.
A treadle-operated Hattersley & Sons Domestic Loom, built under licence in 1893, in Keighley, Yorkshire. This loom has a flying shuttle and seems to have a dandy mechanism; it is not just controlled but powered by the pedals. A Dandy loom was a hand loom, that automatically ratcheted the take-up beam.
A treadle-driven Hattersley & Sons Domestic Loom, built under licence in 1893, in Keighley, Yorkshire. This loom has a flying shuttle and automatically rolls up the woven cloth; it is not just controlled but powered by the pedals. A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry.
The hand loom with jacquard is a wooden hand loom typical of the many thousands of looms that were used in the domestic cottage industry throughout the British Isles. They were gradually replaced by all-metal looms (see the Hattersley domestic loom) and new methods of working practice, such as the factory system, during the Industrial Revolution.
Hattersley Domestic Loom built by Geo. Hattersley, Keighley on display at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley. The town's industries have typically been in textiles, particularly wool and cotton processing. In addition to the manufacture of textiles, there were several large factories making textile machinery.
A loom from the 1890s with a dobby head. A dobby loom, or dobbie loom, [1] is a type of floor loom that controls all the warp threads using a device called a dobby. [2]Dobbies can produce more complex fabric designs than tappet looms [2] but are limited in comparison to Jacquard looms.
A final check was made and the loom was restarted. A typical loom operated at 220 picks per minute [b] and the weaver was paid by the piece. [c] The weaver was adept at balancing her work, keeping all the looms working, so only one would be stopped for replenishment at one time. Labour costs were a significant proportion of the cost of ...