F rom an advertisement:  "Looms made from prime grade, kiln dried Danish Beech with a satin smooth  finish to furniture standards."  This loom was given to Vesterheim by Ruth Myers, daughter of Ruth Nordquist Myers. It was purchased at rummage sale in Lakeside, Berrien County, Michigan in about 1948 for $12 from a woman who made a living weaving rag rugs. Ruth Nordquist Myers was a prominant Chicago weaver/teacher active in the Handweavers Guild of America. These looms, made in the1920s, were 30" wide, counterbalanced with attractively turned and modelled parts including cross bar at the top for the  overhead beater. They had four shafts with string heddles. Some models were painted black with incised designs on them. Some had chip carved patterns. Later the looms were made with a countermarch system with two sets of lamms.