The Story of the Technology of Weaving 2
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Second part of a series on the history of handweaving technology, surveying loom development from China, India, Egypt, Greece and Rome through medieval Europe. It discusses the spread of the foot-power treadle loom, the addition of a third shaft enabling twills, the draw-loom, the flying shuttle and the Jacquard, and the decline and revival of handweaving. The author admits much of the early chronology is speculation and argues the modern loom reached Europe from the Far East.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- July-August 1959
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
- Archive notes
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