Elna M. de Neergaard

Elna M. de Neergaard (September 7, 1872 – June 26, 1946) was a Danish-American textile artist and inventor. De Neergaard, who studied weaving in Sweden, designed and patented handlooms in the United States.[1] De Neergaard was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement in New York and Boston; she lived in New York[2] and Connecticut where she also taught weaving. Most notable of her patented looms are the Tawido (tawidō, or proto-norse: ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ) table, bedside, and belt looms.[3] For a time, de Neergaard's Tawido looms were constructed in Sweden at the Önnestads Folk High School (Önnestads Folkhögskola).[4]

Elna was an active member of The National Society of Craftsmen,[5] the Society of Arts and Crafts Boston,[2] and the Needle & Bobbin Club.[6]

Elna M. de Neergaard, seated at a floor loom, weaving
Elna M. de Neergaard weaving (from Priestman, Mabel Tuke (1908). "Swedish Weaving". Home Needlework Magazine. 10 (3): 209–210 – via Google Books.)
  1. ^ "Google Patents: Elna M. de Neergaard". patents.google.com. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  2. ^ a b Ulehla, Karen Evans (1981). The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston exhibition record, 1897-1927. Boston Public Library. [Boston, Mass.] : Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-89073-068-3.
  3. ^ "Digital Archive of Documents Related to Equipment Catalogs and Instruction Manuals". www2.cs.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  4. ^ "Önnestadsvävstolen" [Önnestads Loom] (PDF). Önnestads Hembygdsförening: Årsskrift 2017 (in Swedish): 8. 2017.
  5. ^ American Federation of Arts (1914). "National Society of Craftsmen". American Art Annual. 11. New York: MacMillan Co.: 247 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Club Notes". Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club. 2 (2): 31. June 1918. hdl:2027/uc1.$b790219 – via HathiTrust.