Name/Title
Backstrap loom with white warpEntry/Object ID
2023.6.28Description
Backstrap loom with white warp threads. Loom includes front and back beam rods with metal pins on the ends, two thin cloth beams at each end of the loom, three string heddle rods, a shed rod, and two additional rods, a shed stick and stabilizing shed stick, one on each side of the 'cross' in the warp threads. Loom does not have batten. On one end of the loom, short, thin sticks of wood have been woven through the warp threads in a 1/1 plain weave structure.Collection
Milton Sonday CollectionLexicon
Getty AAT
Concept
backstrap looms, weavingSearch Terms
looms, weavingDimensions
Dimension Description
LoomWidth
31.8 cmLength
43.5 cmDimension Notes
Length of entire loom (front beam rod to back beam rod). Width of front and back beam rods.Dimension Description
WarpWidth
7.5 cmLength
40.5 cmDimension Notes
Length and width of warp yarns.Dimension Description
Woven section with sticksWidth
7.5 cmLength
4.5 cmParts
Count
12Parts
1. front beam rod 2. back beam rod 3,4. cloth beams 5, 6, 7. string heddles 8. shed rod 9, 10. shed stick, stabilizing shed stick 11. warp threads 12. sticks woven into warp threadsMaterials
Material
Wood, Likely Cotton, Likely syntheticMaterial Notes
Warp threads likely synthetic, very shiny and slickLocation
Box
Box 56Cabinet
Object CabinetRoom
StudioResearch Notes
Notes
"Backstrap Weaving" by Barbara Teller and Marilyn Anderson
