At Left: Wide view of front side of loom. The counterbalanced shedding system is visible, and consists of two pullies with two shafts being use at this time. Three treadles came with the loom, as well as a cane reed.

At Right: Detailed view of rocker. There are three pegs in the loom base and corresponding holes on the underside of the rocker.

 This is another rocker beater loom that originated in Floyd County, Virginia. It was given to the present owner by a William's family descendent.

The information passed down with the loom was that it had belonged the descendent's great-grandmother Dinah Lou Williams, who wove overshot coverlets. It then passed to her grandmother Williams, who wove rag rugs, and then it was passed on down to her.

It is not known who built the loom but Dinah Lou's husband, Tazewell Williams (1832-1910), was a carpenter and cabinet maker so he could have made it. It is also possible that Danah Lou's father made it, or it could have come from the Shank family, of whom she was a cousin. The Shank's were skilled woodworkers and Taz Williams' first wife, who died in childbirth, was Elizabeth Shank.