Robert Patterson Collection of Textile Related Photographs, 1965
Collection Number: 6865 P

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a Crompton & Knowles tappet loom (tappet is the British term for cam) in Lancashire, England, with a 4 by 1 shuttle box, and 40" reed space. Maker's name is clearly painted, which would place the manufacture of this loom after 1897, when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. 10 x 15.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a Knowles Loom Works dobby loom in Lancashire, England, with a 4 by 1 shuttle box and 30" reed space. Patents dated 1886 and 1887. Maker's name is clearly painted, which would place the manufacture of this loom between 1887 and 1897, when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. 10 x 15.25 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a Knowles Loom Works dobby loom (in the center) in Lancashire, England, with a 4 by 1 shuttle box and 40" reed space with crossing-motion reed (possibly for curtain weaving?). Maker's name is indistinct, but the name Knowles Loom Works would place the manufacture of this loom before 1897, when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. See item 5 in this folder for a view of this loom from the opposite angle. 15.5 x 10 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts several dobby looms in Lancashire, England. Loom in the center, partially obscured by post, is a Knowles Loom Works dobby loom; see item 3 in this folder . Loom partially seen in the right foreground has no maker's name visible, but may be a Crompton & Knowles knife loom. 15.75 x 10.25 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a Knowles Loom Works dobby loom in Lancashire, England, with a 4 by 1 shuttle box and 40" reed space with crossing-motion reed (possibly for curtain weaving?). See item 3 in this folder for a view of this loom from the opposite angle. Maker's name is indistinct, but the name Knowles Loom Works would place the manufacture of this loom before 1897, when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles. 15.25 x 10.25 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a knife-loom in Lancashire, England, for cut moquette weaving. Moquette can be any of several varieties of warp pile fabrics commonly made with the pile of wool or mohair and the ground of cotton; in this case the pile was cut rather than looped. Usually made in upholstery weight and construction, but sometimes applied to certain carpet styles. No maker's name visible, but possibly a Crompton & Knowles loom. A Crompton & Knowles tappet (cam) loom is on the right. The name Crompton & Knowles would place the manufacture of these looms after 1897, when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. 15.75 x 10 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts what is probably a Knowles dobby loom in Lancashire, England, with a 4 by 4 shuttle box and 34" reed space. No maker's name visible, but has a Knowles original dobby and a Knowles box motion. Unclear if this loom was manufactured before or after 1897 when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. 10 x 15.25 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapsho. Image depicts a Knowles Loom Works tappet loom (tappet is the British term for cam) with low dobby for boxes only in Lancashire, England, with a 6 by 1 shuttle box and 33" reed space. Maker's name cast into frame and very clear, which would place the manufacture of this loom before 1897 when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles. 10 x 15.25 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts several looms in Lancashire, England. One (in the right foreground) has no maker's name visible and is probably French. The second (in the center) is a Knowles Loom Works tappet (the British term for cam) loom. The other two are a dobby looms with no maker's name visible, and possibly a Knowles tappet loom, both with single shuttle boxes. 15.25 x 10.25 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts three looms in Lancashire, England. Front to back, they are a possible Crompton & Knowles tappet (the British term for cam) loom, with a box dobby and 34" reed space; a possible Crompton & Knowles dobby loom, with 30" reed space, probably a silk loom; and a definite Crompton & Knowles loom with patent dates 1888 to July 30, 1897. The first two have no maker's name visible but are thought to be Crompton & Knowles. Manufactured in 1897 or later, as the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged in 1897 to form Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. 15.5 x 10 cm.

Snapshot. York Castle Museum, York, England

Snapshot. York Castle Museum, York, England

Snapshot. York Castle Museum, York, England

Snapshot. York Castle Museum, York, England

Snapshot. York Castle Museum, York, England