Loom
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A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of th
Wooden loom in Lesbos, Greece.
A treadle-driven Hattersley & Sons Domestic Loom, built under licence in 1893, in Keighley, Yorkshire. This loom has a flying shuttle and automatically rolls up the woven cloth; it is not just controlled but powered by the pedals.
A simple handheld frame loom
Passing the shuttle through the shed
Power loom
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A power loom is a mechanized loom that automates the weaving of cloth through leveraging mechanical power. It interlaces warp and weft threads via mechanisms like cams, gears, levers, and pulleys, rep
A Northrop loom manufactured by Draper Corporation in the textile museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
Shuttle with pirn
Swedish weaving