The Indian Hand Loom
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A single-page 1897 article from the Indian Textile Journal on the primitive Indian pit hand loom. It speculates on the origins of weaving from mat plaiting, describes the loom's construction (bamboo reed, healds, cloth beam on stakes, weaver seated with legs in a pit), and gives production figures of about nine yards per day. It covers weaver and family earnings, competition between hand-woven and imported English cloth, and the introduction of a new domestic foot loom by Bradbury, Brady & Co. of Bombay. Includes a photograph of an Indian hand loom weaver.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- August 1897
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
- Archive notes
- Scanned images provided by John Cropper.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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