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The Hattersley Domestic Weaving System

George Hattersley & Sons Ltd of Keighley, England, designed this domestic weaving system in 1895. The firm had designed full-width looms since 1789, and made every type of loom and a vast range of associated textile equipment until the company closed in 1981.

Not much is known about the history of the Hattersley domestic loom,

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