There’s not a lot of information on the web about reassembling a Newcomb Studio Art Rug Loom if it comes to you in parts. Here are some pictures of the brake assembly on my loom. My loom came off the assembly line in 1959. Earlier looms may be assembled differently.
additional resources for researching Newcomb looms
You can trace your loom’s history through the Historic Looms of America society. It costs $10 to register your loom (and get its history in return), $8 (I think) to get a list of people in your area who own the same loom. Contact:
Theresa L. Trebon
Continuum History and Research
Historic Looms of America
10619 Sterling Road
Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284
360-856-6532
trebon@comcast.net
Riverside looms sells parts for Newcomb looms. Email Leslie Johnson at Leslie Johnson [rivloom@sbcglobal.net] for a parts and price list.
Janet Meany’s Rag Rug Handbook has a picture of the Newcomb Studio in the very front. She says it was Newcomb’s “fancy” loom, for weavers who wanted to make fancier rugs than the two-harness looms would allow, and spend more time per rug (else you’d get the Weaver’s Delight with the flying shuttle).
There’s a FB group for Newcomb loom owners:
Facebook Group for Newcomb Loom Owners
I also sometimes spend time on the Weavolution discussion forums—all sorts of looms; not just Newcombs.
The pictures below are detailed images of my rug loom. If there’s a part you need to see not included here, give me a call. I’ll take another picture and post it on this thread.
