TYPICAL COLONIAL HAND LOOM
Two Harnesses in Use; Weaving Wool at Hull House.
Definition of a Loom
It is probable that the European looms were derived from those of India as they seem to be made on the same principle. From crude beginnings, the hand loom of our grandmothers' time developed. A loom has been defined as a mechanism which affects the following necessary movements:
1. The lifting of the healds to form an opening, or shed, or race for the shuttle to pass through.
