Weaving and Spinning in Fex Valley
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A short article describing an effort to revive handweaving and spinning as a home industry among peasants in the Fex Valley of the Engadine, Switzerland. It explains the economic motivation, compares the effort to peasant industries in Norway and Sweden, and describes Maria Schulthess's weaving school, its dyed and woven goods, and the St. Moritz shops selling them. Illustrated with two photographs, one of a woman at a spinning wheel and one of a Swiss family of basket weavers.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1931
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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