Invention for Improvement in Looms for Weaving Piled Fabrics
date: label: date made
content: 1851
label: patent date
content: 1851-01-14
name: label: inventor
content: Bigelow, Erastus Brigham
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: For Bigelow’s invention of a “Loom for Weaving Piled Fabrics,” he received one of his many patents, which included patents for his celebrated looms for weaving Brussels, or looped, carpets.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Clinton
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Textiles
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content: Invention and the Patent Model
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11411.014
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: T11411.014
label: patent number
content: 7,898
objectType: label: Object Name
content: loom
label: Object Name
content: loom, bigelow, carpet
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35.5 cm x 35.5 cm x 31.5 cm; 13 31/32 in x 13 31/32 in x 12 13/32 in