There was plenty of wonderful colour in the threads on the weaving looms. This particular model was a moquette loom. Moquette is a thick, woven, velvety, short pile, hard wearing fabric with distinctive patterns, used traditionally for upholstery, in particular the seats on public transport: our trains, buses and London Underground trains. Holdsworth Fabrics in Halifax still make it, one of the very few manufacturers left. Wherever you are in the world, if you get on a coach, you're likely to be sitting on Holdsworth of Halifax moquette.
Great pics, Jenny!
ReplyDeleteWonderful colors, my favorites
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw those colours I immediately thought of bus seats, even before I read what you'd written. The colours make for some great photos too.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! The last one would make a challenging jigsaw puzzle.
ReplyDeleteYour second shot is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly looks like a complicated process, lucky we have modern machines to do it now I can't imagine how they would've done it in the old days.
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