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Title:
Velvet carpet loom
Description:
The velvet carpet loom, shown above, has been installed in the School of Textiles at North Carolina State College and will enable the School to strengthen its instructional program in weaving. The complex loom is said to be the first such machine to be owned by any college or university in the United States. Inspecting the loom following its installation are Professor Benjamin L. Whittier, left, head of the Department of Fabric Development and Construction in the State College School of Textiles, and Samuel Green of Thompsonville, Conn., weave room supervisor of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company,Inc., donor of the loom.
Topics:
Textiles
Subjects:
Carpets
Looms
Velvet
Weaving
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
5 x 7 in.
Item identifier:
0010234-4D
Photographer:
Mattox, John more info on Mattox, John 
Created Date:
Genre:
Identification photographs
Names:
North Carolina State University. College of Textiles more info on North Carolina State University. College of Textiles 
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs