Weaving on a Loom, Perkins Institution

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/d1b84a6a9dc5dcb645a405cc12a5c14d

Title

Weaving on a Loom, Perkins Institution

Date

1930-1960

Description

Lorraine Kavalezyk, a student who is blind, making a bath mat on a wooden loom at the Perkins Institution. Kavalezyk tamps down her work by pulling forward a stringed wooden panel. The back of the loom and nearby furniture are covered with a large piece of fabric.
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA

Subject

Blind
Special education
Manual training
People with disabilities
Perkins School for the Blind

Source

Digital Commonwealth

Relation

http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kh04dt979/thumbnail

Type

image

References

http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kh04dt979

Citation

“Weaving on a Loom, Perkins Institution,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 8, 2026, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/6969.

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