Fiber tools: loom stretcher

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Title

Fiber tools: loom stretcher

Subject

Looms
Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Textile machinery

Description

A loom stretcher, also called a temple or tenter hooks, was used to keep an even tension on the selvages. Sharp ends would fasten into the weaving on either side of the loom as the stretcher was opened to its full width. The creator of this 1800s-era loom stretcher is unknown.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Permanent Collection

Publisher

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

Date

1800/1900

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg
artifacts (object genre)

Type

StillImage

Identifier

16149
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16149

Date Created

2009-06-24

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives, Asheville, NC 28815;

Spatial Coverage

Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

21" x 2" x 0.5"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Fiber tools: loom stretcher,” OAI, accessed May 7, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16149.