Item 8: Knowles Loom Works tappet [cam] loom, 1965
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapsho. Image depicts a Knowles Loom Works tappet loom (tappet is the British term for cam) with low dobby for boxes only in Lancashire, England, with a 6 by 1 shuttle box and 33" reed space. Maker's name cast into frame and very clear, which would place the manufacture of this loom before 1897 when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles. 10 x 15.25 cm.
Dates
- 1965
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
From the Collection:
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Extent
1 folders
Format:
black and white photograph
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853