From Wamphray, Dumfriesshire
This weaving machine for weaving fringes is from Wamphray in Dumfriesshire.
Fringe-loom, from Wamphray, Dumfriesshire
Until the middle of the nineteenth century by far the greatest part of Scotland's population was occupied in either textile manufacture or in agriculture. Spinning and weaving were, for most people, the two most important tasks outside food production.
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