Item 85: Looms that produce woolen fabrics, in the largest weaving room in America

Looms that produce woolen fabrics, in the largest weaving room in America. Black and white image of a weave room showing a line of dobby looms. A dobby is a mechanism attached to a loom for controlling the operation of the hearnesses. Dobbies are made so that they can operate up to 25 harnesses; by this means figured cloths can be woven. In the foreground is the warp-beam of one of the looms, its threads drawn upward and forward to pass through the heddles of various harnesses. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.