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Jacquard loom

Accession Number NWHCM : 535

Description

Jacquard hand loom for weaving silk fabrics, DeVoge jacquard harness probably circa 1870 though the loom frame is likely to be earlier in parts, with leather strap seat, flying shuttle, metal reed or slay in wooden frame, two warp beams

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Norfolk’s wealth from wool and the textile industry has been a recurrent theme through the ages. Textile production was the most important economic activity in Norwich from c1660. By the mid-eighteenth century, the high point of the industry, it employed almost a third of the city’s workforce.

Material leather
Measurements 2744 mm
Department Museum of Norwich

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