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  • Object number
    51/388
  • Description
    This small lead loom weight has a criss-cross design and was used for keeping bundles of warp threads taut on a loom. It is possibly from Osmotherley, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire, where a Huguenot settlement took up weaving.
  • Physical description
    1 loom weight: metal (lead); fair condition
  • Object name
    Loom weight
  • Material
    Metal, lead
  • Associated subject

    CRAFTS : textile-working
    Spinning and weaving
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_375.tif - High resolution image
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