Weaving in Ceylon
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A short article from The Penny Magazine reproducing an eyewitness account of two Kandyan weavers who set up a simple pit loom at a hospital in Ceylon in January 1821. It describes the loom's construction, the sizing of the warp with rice water, the two-leaf heddles worked by toe cords, and the assistant who winds pirns on a split-bamboo swift. Engravings show the weavers at work and the shuttle. The introduction contrasts hand production in the East with machine production in England.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- August 24, 1833
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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