Hattersley loom

The Hattersley Standard Loom was designed and built in 1921. Thousands of models were expected to be sold, which would bring considerable financial success to the company.[1] After the recapitalisation boom of 1919, cotton yarn production peaked in 1926 and further investment was sparse. Rayon, an artificial silk, was invented in the 1930s in nearby Silsden, and the Hattersley Silk Loom was adapted to weave this new fabric. Leeds_Industrial_Museum_Hattersley_standard_loom_7043.JPG|rear view Leeds Industrial Museum Hattersley standard loom 7046.JPG|left drop box Leeds Industrial Museum Hattersley standard loom dobby 7064.JPG|different drop box control chains Leeds Industrial Museum Hattersley standard loom healds 7045.JPG|right drop box Leeds_Industrial_Museum_Hattersley_standard_loom_shuttle_in_dropbox_7055.JPG|left drop box with shuttle Leeds Industrial Museum Hattersley standard loom 7051.JPG|another rear view Leeds Industrial Museum Hattersley standard loom 7052.JPG|shaft dobby mechanism Leeds Industrial Museum Hattersley standard loom batten 7048.JPG|front view with reed ==Hattersley Domestic Loom==

The plain Hattersley Domestic Loom was specially developed for cottage or home use and designed to replace the wooden handloom; the Domestic is similar in construction to a power loom. It was introduced ca.1900 and the makers claimed that a speed of 160 picks per minute could be easily attained with from 2 to 8 shafts weaving a variety of fabrics. Because foot pedals, or treadles, operate the loom it is still classed as a handloom, but it is much easier and faster to weave as all the motions of the loom are connected via crankshaft and gear wheels. The cast metal chair, manufactured along with the loom, can be raised or lowered to suit, and the seat rocks forward and back as the weaver treadles the loom. There is an example in the Bradford Industrial Museum. There are only two known examples of the Hattersley Domestic Weaving System in operation today - by South African homeware textile producers, Mungo, whose domestic Hattersley Loom can be found in use at the Mungo Mill, weaving runs of natural fibre textiles. Hattersley Domestic Weaving can also be found in New Zealand, in use by Roderick McLean of McLean and Company in Oamaru. ==Jacquard Tapestry Loom==

Artworks could be replicated en masse by use of the Hattersley Jacquard (Tapestry) Loom. For example, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer's painting Bolton Abbey in Ye Olden Times was produced in tapestry form by a Jacquard Loom at a Franco-British exhibition in 1908. Queen Street Mill - Woven Tapestry - geograph.org.uk - 528580.jpg|An example of a woven reproduction of Bolton Abbey in Ye Olden Times, at Queen Street Mill Museum. The original bright colours have faded. Jacquard_loom_p1040320.jpg|Jacquard head with Verdol endless paper card. ==References==