Textiles & Clothing
Loom
A loom holds warp threads under tension while weft passes between them. Its shedding, picking and beating mechanisms organize intersecting threads into cloth, from simple hand looms to complex powered machines.
About this artifact
A loom holds warp threads under tension while weft passes between them. Its shedding, picking and beating mechanisms organize intersecting threads into cloth, from simple hand looms to complex powered machines.
Sources & image credits
Documented image of this machine or its operating principle; see image credits for the original date and subject.
Image: Loom_2,_Lesbos_(Skala_Sykamias).jpg
Creator: G-Lignum
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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