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Loom
Coir matmaking loom from the County Workshops for the Blind and Disabled, Pontrhondda Road, Llwynypia. The loom was installed in 1925, and was purchased second-hand at the time. t remained in use until a programme of modernisation and redevelopment in the late 1970s, after which it was donated to the Museum in 1978.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F78.208.1
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: County Workshops for the Blind and Disabled
Association Type:
Date: 20th century (early/mid)
Place: Llwynypia
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Length
(m): 2.27
Width
(m): 2.24
Height
(m): 2.16
Material
Iron
Cast iron
Wood
Coir
Skin
Wax
Categories
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