Issue No. 14 of the Ciba Review (Basle, October 1938) is devoted to medieval and early modern cloth making in Flanders. A. L. Gutmann's five main essays cover Flemish geography, the role of the cloth industry in Flemish history and in the weavers' revolts, the social organization of the crafts (merchants, weavers, fullers, croppers, dyers), the distribution of the industry across monasteries, towns and the countryside, and technical peculiarities of cloth finishing and dyeing. A final essay treats Flemish cloth in art and fashion. The issue also has a Historical Gleanings section (Flemish weavers in England, trade treaties, fairs, guild and merchant anecdotes), a short scientific note on the tensile strength of natural fibres, and dye-industry advertisements. It is illustrated with period paintings, miniatures, maps and heraldry.

Type

Periodical

Date

October 1938

Language

English

Pages

40

Archive notes

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