Backstrap loom with green and orange warp

Object/Artifact

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Front of loom

Front of loom

Name/Title

Backstrap loom with green and orange warp

Entry/Object ID

2023.6.32

Description

Backstrap loom with green, orange, and white warp threads. Loom includes back beam rod, front beam rod, thin cloth beams at each end of the loom. Loom does not include string heddles, shed sticks, shed rod, or batten. However there are four lease strings tied around four crosses' in the warp threads.

Collection

Milton Sonday Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2023.6

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

backstrap looms

Search Terms

looms, weaving

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Loom

Width

30.7 cm

Length

58 cm

Dimension Notes

Length of entire loom (front beam rod to back beam rod). Width of front and back beam rods.

Dimension Description

Warp

Width

9.5 cm

Length

54 cm

Dimension Notes

Length and width of warp yarns.

Parts

Count

6

Parts

1. front beam rod 2. back beam rod 3, 4. cloth beams 5. lease strings 6. warp threads

Material

Wood, Cotton

Color

White, Brown, Green, Orange

Location

Box

Box 57

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Technique or Process

Label

Arrived with note: ' 3 Warps'

Research Notes

Notes

"Backstrap Weaving" by Barbara Teller and Marilyn Anderson