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Loom, Tape

Object Name:
Loom, Tape
Object ID:
2013.500.031
Date:
1780-1800
Description:
Tape loom, paddle type. Oak. Rectangular board with curved, notched head. Board cut lengthwise into 33 teeth (dents). Each dent has two small holes and notched tip. Tips are tied together around a transverse strip of wood.
Material:
Oak
Dimensions:
W-8.5 L-21.7 D-0.25 inches
Provenance:
Source unknown. Placed on long-term loan at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH, in the 1950s.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Weaving
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