Hand Loom
1924 (made)
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This portion of a hand loom made of teak and cane and with a partly woven silk sarong still attached was made in Terengganu, Malaysia. It was exhibited in the Malaya Pavillion at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley in 1924.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Teak, cane, silk threads, cord, bamboo |
| Brief description | Portion of a hand loom, of teak and cane, with partly woven silk sarong, Terengganu, Malaysia; exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition (Malaya Pavilion), Wembley in 1924. |
| Physical description | The adjustable portions of a low-warp hand loom, of teak and cane, set with the coloured silk warps for a sarong and a short length of the finished fabric. The parts comprise the reed, the two heddles, the treadles (of cord and bamboo), the flat warp-beam, the octagonal breast-beam grooved for the tacking-on of the finished fabric, two flat lease-rods, and a stick-shuttle wound with white silk and covered with a tubular sheath with rounded point. Passing through the reed and wound round the warp-beam is the warp of white, yellow, pink, green and black silks, whilst beyond the reed is a short length of the finished sarong, ready for attachment to the breast-beam. |
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| Credit line | Given by H.C. Robinson, Esq. |
| Object history | This loom was exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition (Malaya Pavilion), Wembley in 1924. Object given by H.C. Robinson Esq, register entry 22 October 1924. RF 1924/7870 |
| Association | |
| Summary | This portion of a hand loom made of teak and cane and with a partly woven silk sarong still attached was made in Terengganu, Malaysia. It was exhibited in the Malaya Pavillion at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley in 1924. |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
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| Accession number | IM.303-1924 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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