A type of loom on which small, geometric figures can be woven in as a regular pattern. It differs from plain loom in that it may have up to thirty-harnesses and a pattern chain. Dobby weaving can be expensive.
This type of loom creates small, geometric figures often woven into fabric as a regular pattern. Originally, a "Dobby Boy" sat on top of the loom and drew up warp threads to form a pattern, a job now performed by machines.
A Dobby Loom is a type of floor loom that controls the warp threads using a device called a dobby. Dobby is short for "draw boy" which refers to the weaver's helpers who used control the warp thread by pulling on draw threads.