Fiber tools: loom shuttles

Fiber tools: loom shuttles

Looms

Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Textile machinery

A loom shuttle carries the weft fiber for a weaver. The warp is strung on to a loom from the back to where the weaver sits in front. A weaver needs at least one shuttle, and may use several, for different colors or for different threads. Most overshot weaving was done with two shuttles. These metal tipped boat shuttles were used on fly-shuttle looms, which were just coming into use in the 1930s for faster weaving. These loom shuttles were likely created between 1920 and 1950; the name of their creator is unknown.

Unknown

Permanent Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1920/1950

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artifacts (object genre)

StillImage

16148

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16148

2009-06-24

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Appalachian Region, Southern

17" x 1.5" x 1"(dimension)

Craft Revival