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Originally published in 1979, this volume acts as a reference for the history textiles. It asks questions on the effect of technology on textiles, how did particular historical periods and locations expand or limit the possibilities for the manufacture of fabrics and how the textile history related to politics and economics, sociology and psychology, art and engineering, anthropology and archaeology, chemistry and physics. Addressing these questions, the author surveys the development of the technical components of fabrics and discusses the textiles of selected places and times. She uses prose, drawings and more than 130 photographs to show how each era of textile production reflects its age. This book is designed to serve as a college text and as a reference work for museum researchers. With sections including illustrations and diagrams; key terminology; spinning wool; spinning and raw materials; single ply and cord and fabric construction.
List of contents
Some Relationships, Part I History of Materials and Methods, 2 Spinning and Raw Materials, 3 Fabric Construction, 4 Finish and Color for Textiles, Part II World Textiles, 5 Patterned Textiles of the Near East, 6 The Medieval Textile Industry in Southern Europe, 7 Textiles in the Far East, 8 Textiles in Northern Europe, 9 Textiles and Independence in Colonial America, 10 Industrialisation and Textiles in Nineteenth Century America, 11 Fabrics of the American Southwest, 12 Fabrics of South and Middle America
About the author
Kax Wilson. Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Chester.
Summary
Originally published in 1979, this volume acts as a reference for the history textiles The author uses prose, drawings and more than 130 photographs to show how each era of textile production reflects its age.
