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- Weaving Shop - The Greenfield Village Weaving Shop demonstrates the evolution of textile production from the colonial home and craft shop, through the Industrial Revolution to commercial factory. Housed in a converted 1840s Georgia cotton mill, the Weaving Shop contains a number of working looms, including one of the few operating mechanical Jacquard looms in North America.
- circa 1840
- Collections - Artifact
Weaving Shop
The Greenfield Village Weaving Shop demonstrates the evolution of textile production from the colonial home and craft shop, through the Industrial Revolution to commercial factory. Housed in a converted 1840s Georgia cotton mill, the Weaving Shop contains a number of working looms, including one of the few operating mechanical Jacquard looms in North America.
- Reed Loom Company "Cambridge" Loom, circa 1935 - By the 1920s, most everyday items were made in factories by machines rather than by hand. Some people began to appreciate and revive traditional handcrafts like weaving. Artisan and hobby weavers purchased looms to create woven goods at home. The owner of this loom produced household textiles and other fabrics for home use and for sale, to supplement his family's income.
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Reed Loom Company "Cambridge" Loom, circa 1935
By the 1920s, most everyday items were made in factories by machines rather than by hand. Some people began to appreciate and revive traditional handcrafts like weaving. Artisan and hobby weavers purchased looms to create woven goods at home. The owner of this loom produced household textiles and other fabrics for home use and for sale, to supplement his family's income.
- Coverlet Attributed to Auburn Prison Weaving Shop, 1830-1840 -
- 1830-1840
- Collections - Artifact
Coverlet Attributed to Auburn Prison Weaving Shop, 1830-1840
- Flying Shuttle Loom, circa 1931 - This loom, made in Greenfield Village in the early 1930s, has a special attachment--a flying shuttle. Developed in the 1730s, the flying shuttle dramatically increased weavers' output. This device allowed weavers to send the shuttle, which carries the thread, back and forth using only one hand. With a flying shuttle, weavers could produce wider, better-quality cloth more quickly and with less effort.
- circa 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Flying Shuttle Loom, circa 1931
This loom, made in Greenfield Village in the early 1930s, has a special attachment--a flying shuttle. Developed in the 1730s, the flying shuttle dramatically increased weavers' output. This device allowed weavers to send the shuttle, which carries the thread, back and forth using only one hand. With a flying shuttle, weavers could produce wider, better-quality cloth more quickly and with less effort.
- Jacquard Loom, 1934 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard's loom, first developed in 1801, is programmable. It used a series of punched cards to control the lifting of each individual warp thread to weave a figured fabric. With this loom, weavers could create intricate patterns more easily, faster, and with better accuracy. Punch card technology became the basis for computer data storage during the 20th century.
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Jacquard Loom, 1934
Joseph-Marie Jacquard's loom, first developed in 1801, is programmable. It used a series of punched cards to control the lifting of each individual warp thread to weave a figured fabric. With this loom, weavers could create intricate patterns more easily, faster, and with better accuracy. Punch card technology became the basis for computer data storage during the 20th century.
- Gearhart Knitting Machine, 1921 -
- 1921
- Collections - Artifact
Gearhart Knitting Machine, 1921
- Colonial Loom - This timber frame loom is the type used by American colonists to produce fabrics for clothing, table and bed linens, and utilitarian items like towels and sacks. Hand weaving was labor intensive, so these textiles were among the most valuable household items. Many weavers were professionals, weaving at home or in a small workshop, but some families also had looms to produce their own cloth.
- Collections - Artifact
Colonial Loom
This timber frame loom is the type used by American colonists to produce fabrics for clothing, table and bed linens, and utilitarian items like towels and sacks. Hand weaving was labor intensive, so these textiles were among the most valuable household items. Many weavers were professionals, weaving at home or in a small workshop, but some families also had looms to produce their own cloth.
- Weaving Shop in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Weaving Shop in Greenfield Village, September 2007
- Weaving Shop in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Weaving Shop in Greenfield Village, September 2007
- Weaving Shop in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Weaving Shop in Greenfield Village, September 2007