This hand loom for making small strips of cloth called tape belonged to Maria Nolt of West Hempfield Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Born Maria Kauffman in 1735, she had already married Jonas Nolt by the time this loom was made and dated 1768. It is inscribed with her name.
Women contributed to the boycott of British goods by making items like linen tape.
Peter Wentz Farmstead. County of Montgomery, Pennsylvania