Woman weaving on a two shaft loom

Title

Woman weaving on a two shaft loom

Publisher

Pitts Theology Library

Work Attributes

Date

1875 - 1895

Description

A woman weaving silk on a two shaft pedal loom Turner has added the inscription, "Beautiful paterns [sic] of silk are made on a loom like this. One of the marvels of Japanese industrial art is the simplicity and paucity of their tools."

Rights

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Subject

Japan; looms (textile tools); kimonos

Worktype

color prints (photographs)

Citation

“Woman weaving on a two shaft loom,” East Asia, accessed November 5, 2025, https://eastasia.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/466.

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