Abstract: A loom is described which comprises a drum rotating on a rotary shaft, means for feeding the warp threads on the drum, means for inserting weft threads into sheds formed by the warp threads, peripheral weft bobbins and means for collecting the woven cloth. The drum consists of two first coaxial discs spaced one from the other at a predetermined distance, along the shaft, a plurality of second discs arranged in rows and mounted between the two first discs, each of the second discs having a first pulley portion and a second pulley portion, the first pulley portion being of greater diameter and the second pulley portion being of smaller diameter and one of the warp threads alternately goes over the pulley portion of smaller diameter and then the pulley portion of larger diameter while another warp thread alternately goes over the pulley portion of larger diameter and then the pulley portion of smaller diameter to form a crossed pattern.