Ribbon Shuttles

Object/Artifact

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Windham Textile and History Museum

The image features two wooden weaving tools, with one having red thread and the other blue.

The image features two wooden weaving tools, with one having red thread and the other blue.

Name/Title

Ribbon Shuttles

Entry/Object ID

2025.67.1

Description

Wooden shuttles such as these are used on power looms to make ribbon. Gear teeth fit into the grooves at the bottom to move them back and forth across the web. Both these shuttles are fitted with spools of silk thread, one in red and the other in blue.

Collection

General Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Shuttle, Weaving

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shuttle

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-C-5

Category

Permanent

Date

July 27, 2025

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

July 27, 2025

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

July 27, 2025