Fiber tools: loom stretcher
Dublin Core
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
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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.