Oct 12, 2018
Kinsley, Kansas -- Princess Lace Loom
The device shown in the top photo, which is displayed in the Edwards County Museum in Kinsley, Kansas, is identified as a lace loom. It is more properly called a bobbin lace maker. It appears to be a device promoted as a "Princess Lace Loom," produced and sold in the early 1900s by the Torchon Lace Company, located first in Chicago and then St. Louis. The company claimed that more than 25,000 were sold.
It can be used to produce basic lace patterns, such as the examples shown in the second photo, also on display at the museum.