Museum of Carpet - Jacquard Wilton loom
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Museum of Carpet - Jacquard Wilton loom
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 5 Oct 2019
A 27" wide Wilton loom built in the late 1800s by Crossley of Halifax and fitted with a 1950s Jacquard attachment. It is weaving a 5 colour carpet with cut pile Wilton. It can also be set for loop pile Brussels weaving. This is a runner and we saw it demonstrated.
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