. Studies in primitive looms. 4.(, 1 For assistance in the translation of this description I am much indebted to my friend,Lieut. Arthur Redford, late Bradford scholar, Manchester University. H. Ling Koth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. 127 Reference has been made above to the upright looms found in Asia Minor, etc.,which, like the upright looms in North Africa, are in all probability the immediatesuccessors of the ancient warp-weighted loom. A few remarks on two of suchlooms may not be out of * The Bankfield specimen, said to come from Lahore, is depicted in Fig. 194. Itis a rug loom
. Studies in primitive looms. 4.(, 1 For assistance in the translation of this description I am much indebted to my friend,Lieut. Arthur Redford, late Bradford scholar, Manchester University. H. Ling Koth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. 127 Reference has been made above to the upright looms found in Asia Minor, etc.,which, like the upright looms in North Africa, are in all probability the immediatesuccessors of the ancient warp-weighted loom. A few remarks on two of suchlooms may not be out of * The Bankfield specimen, said to come from Lahore, is depicted in Fig. 194. Itis a rug loom, 71 inches (or 1 • 8 m.) high by 67 inches (or 1 • 7 m.) between the a certain extent the warp is kept taut by means of heavy timber levers orcounterweights as shown, the lower one of which, when in use, was apparently 128 H. Ling Roth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. tied down to the ground. To increase the tautness, but only in a very inefficientway, wedges are driven into the coils of warp on the upper beam. On a bamburod placed across the loom are hung variously coloured balls, with which to makethe pile and weft, the threads being pulled out as required by the worker. At thelower end the warp is attached to an iron rod, which in turn is attached to the lowerbeam by means of cords let into small rectangular holes cut into one edge of thebeam. The heddles are provided with raisers. For every one row of pile thereare three of weft. The pile ends are cut level by means
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