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An Intimate Look At A Jano
This is a Leclerc Jano loom…
I bought it a couple of weeks ago for $70. Friends went and picked it up. My wife brought it home two days ago when she returned from a working trip to their city.
It is still very sound, but badly in need of refurbishing; it should come back to fine working order. The Jano was the first table loom that Leclerc marketed. It came out during the depression and was designed to meet the need for home weaving machines when people could not afford larger floor models. From the Jano came all later Leclerc table loom models. This is just a record that I can use to stimulate my own recollection once the wood is stripped and refinished, and the metal is polished and painted…
Leclerc Dorothy Table Loom Modification
Pictured below is a modification made to a Leclerc Dorothy table loom. By attaching these levers to the castle of the loom the harnesses become much easier to operate. After transportation the harness connectors need to be straightened out. If the operator allows the levers to simply slap roughly back into place these strings will jump out of their rollers as well…
And in operation…
Canadian Red Cross, Leclerc 20″ Jano Table Loom: Winter Project
Today I purchased a Leclerc table loom for $70 from some photos through the Manitoba Weavers guild. It is in need of reconditioning, but overall it looks in sound shape. It is said to be missing the reed, but it might be missing the entire beater. Not to worry…I can produce a beater and a reed can be purchased. Definitely some rust on the harness frames/attachments. It will be a great winter project…
What type is it? It looks similar to a Dorothy, but some of the construction is wrong. I believe that it is a Jano. What gives it away is the metal lateral cross member like the one in the pic of the one I bought. It was Leclerc’s first table model. It does not fold. It is 20″ wide.
http://www.camillavalleyfarm.com/weave/leclerchistory.htm
There is a Red Cross – Canada, sticker on the loom…
Here are some links to Red Cross usage of looms. The first one cites a MB Weavers member in the use of looms at Deer Lodge Centre (originally the Red Cross Arts and Crafts Centre):
“Margaret Groff
“Margaret Groff’s work at the Red Cross Arts and Craft Centre (later renamed Deer Lodge Centre) sparked her interest in learning to weave.” (http://www.mbweavers.ca/about-us/our-history/)
And other Canadian Red Cross histories of looms on the internet:
http://www.galtmuseum.com/media/Woven-in-Time_MediaKit.pdf
http://www.jmccentre.ca/uploads/about_us/history/history_windsor_redcross_school.pdf
