Bigelow's power carpet loom
Telar mecánico de alfombras de Bigelow
- Date
- 1839-1841 · confidence high
- Place
- Clinton, Massachusetts, United States
- Credited to
- Erastus Brigham Bigelow
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A power loom able to weave multicoloured carpets, which until then were made by hand. It greatly increased productivity and made carpets affordable in homes.
Bigelow patented his first loom for ingrain carpets in 1839 and the Brussels carpet loom in 1841; he refined the model up to 1850. The Pazyryk reference is historical, not technical.
What it led to
- woven carpets for the middle class in the United States and Europe
- Massachusetts and Yorkshire carpet industry
- looms for upholstery and fitted carpets