36" wide pass machine for tufting carpet in narrow bands ("Irby Passons machine") (2010.003.0034)
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- Date
- 05/1979 (slide date)
- Held by
- Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia, Dalton State College
- Collection
- Thomas Deaton Collection (accession 2010.003)
- Number
- 2010.003.0034
- Themes
- Machine tufting & Dalton
Cite this source
“36‘ wide pass machine for tufting carpet in narrow bands (’Irby Passons machine") (2010.003.0034),” 05/1979 (slide date). 2010.003.0034, Thomas Deaton Collection (accession 2010.003), Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia, Dalton State College. bandyheritagecenter.pastperfectonline.com/photo/71A4763F-DE2D-4772-BA3B-637680536424.
Research notes
Photograph slide, May 1979. Catalogue description: "36" wide pass machine for tufting carpet in narrow bands. Early process for manufacturing before advent of broadloom tufting machines. Caption reads 'Irby Passons machine'". (Slide date is when photographed, not the machine's date.) Why it matters: Building the machine: shows the narrow-band carpet tufting that preceded broadloom-width machines; names Irby Passons. Found: Bandy Heritage Center (PastPerfect), search "tufting machine", 2026-10-28.