Handmade Wooden Flat Loom with Partial Weaving paper pusher I purchased this piece

I purchased this piece

with black and silver "In Memorium" ribbon on reverse

The box is missing front latches

Vintage 1950s

Handmade Wooden Flat Loom with Partial Weaving paper pusher I purchased this pieceI'd like to think this wonderful old handmade loom was use to weave many a thing prior to being abandoned with this partially finished project still on it, clearly done a very long time ago. The loom itself was made expressly to perform its function: two of the pieces of wood were notched to allow the other two to lock squarely on top of them, then nails where added where they cross. Then 17 evenly spaced (more or less) nails were hammered in along