A DAN HEDDLE PULLEY

Provenance: Simon Escarré, France
Private collection Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam

As used on a narrow-strip loom, this pulley was both functional and aesthetic. It eased the movements of the heddles in separating the warp threads to allow the shuttle carrying the weft thread to pass through. The pulley also called attention to the skills of the sculptor who carved it, advertising his availability to undertake commissions to carve other figurative art, such as masks.