An Episode and a History: The Centenary of a Woollen Mill -- Marzotto 1836/1936
A commemorative book published for the 1936 centenary of the Marzotto woollen mill at Valdagno, Italy. The first part covers Valdagno's weaving history and the Marzotto family from Luigi and Gaetano Marzotto the Elder to Gaetano the Younger. The second part walks through the mill's processes, from wool sorting, scouring, carding, spinning, warping and sizing to weaving, finishing and power generation. The third part is a long history of woolmaking from myth, Greece and Rome through the medieval guilds of Florence, Vicenza and the Umiliati, then describes the company's social welfare town (housing, hospital, kindergarten, schools, leisure organizations). It is illustrated with engravings, photographs of machinery and rooms, and reproductions of manuscripts.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1936
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 287
- Archive notes
- Reduced to 95% to fit on standard letter-size paper