Beautiful Camryn in Lloyd Loom Doll Carriage
Editor of the March 1920 issue of Scientific American described the invention of Marshall
Burns Lloyd (1858-1927), a baby carriage manufacturer based in
Menominee, Michigan. "From the very first he realized that no loom could
be built to weave wicker if the original and only known method of weaving on
the frame in the final shape were used.... Finally ... Lloyd produced a method
whereby the wicker is woven as desired, and the frames are built according to
patterns, absolutely independently. The one is constructed at one end of the
factory and the other is woven at another end. Each is improved as it travels
toward the middle where the fabric is slipped over the frame and attached
thereto. Simple indeed, and yet never thought of before. No man ever dreamed he
could weave wicker and build the frame of the desired article apart from each
other and yet that is just what is now done."
Lloyd Loom Baby Buggy
My first and last upholstery restoration! I found fabric very similar to the original at Sir's Fabrics. But when I saw all the bangles at Sir's I knew I had to alter the design a little! I have been know to stroll with my "baby" around Madison in this wonderful carriage at the Street Festival.
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