Weaving Shop
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The Greenfield Village Weaving Shop demonstrates the evolution of textile production from the colonial home and craft shop, through the Industrial Revolution to commercial factory. Housed in a converted 1840s Georgia cotton mill, the Weaving Shop contains a number of working looms, including one of the few operating mechanical Jacquard looms in North America.
The Greenfield Village Weaving Shop demonstrates the evolution of textile production from the colonial home and craft shop, through the Industrial Revolution to commercial factory. Housed in a converted 1840s Georgia cotton mill, the Weaving Shop contains a number of working looms, including one of the few operating mechanical Jacquard looms in North America.
Artifact
Mill (Building)
Date Made
circa 1840
Place of Creation
United States, Georgia, Bryan county
Creator Notes
Originally built as a cotton gin mill in Bryan County, Georgia.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Liberty Craftworks District
Object ID
39.579.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Oak (Wood)
Glass (Material)
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