Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Origins 9
The Antiquity of Weaving 9
Basketry and Mat Making 11
The Earliest Looms 14
The Loom and Linen 16
The Loom and Wool 17
The Loom and Silk 20
The Loom and Cotton 20
2 The Warp-weighted Loom 23
Operation 23
The Greek Loom 26
The Scandinavian Loom 28
The Chilkat Loom 35
3 The Two-bar Loom 38
The Horizontal Loom 38
The Egyptian Loom 38
The Modern Ground Loom 41
The American Southwest Loom 42
The Vertical Loom 44
The Egyptian Loom 44
The Roman Loom 47
The Palestinian Loom 48
The Salish Loom 51
The Sub-Saharan African Loom 54
The Loom in the Dark Ages 57
The Tapestry Loom 60
4 Pueblo and Navajo Looms 63
Origins 63
The Pueblo Vertical Loom 66
The Navajo Loom 70
5 The Backstrap and Other Primitive Looms 76
The Backstrap Loom 76
Origins 76
The Peruvian Loom 80
The Mesoamerican Loom 83
The American Southwest Loom 88
The Atayal Loom 91
The Ainu Loom 92
Other Primitive Looms 96
The Bent-stick Loom 96
The Arawak Loom 98
The Araucanian Loom 100
6 The Treadle Loom 102
The Loom Frame 102
The Pit Treadle Loom 105
The Indian Loom 105
The Cotton Route 108
The Horizontal Treadle Loom 111
The Chinese Loom 111
The Mideast Connection 116
The Western Loom 117
The Narrow-band Treadle Loom 119
7 The Drawloom 124
The Compound-harness Loom 124
The Drawloom 126
The Eastern Drawloom 126
The European Drawloom 130
The Modern Drawloom 133
8 The Modern Loom 138
The Horizontal Loom 138
Development of the Textile Industry 138
Evolution of Loom Technology 141
The Thrust toward Mechanization 146
The Colonial Loom 153
The Craft Revival and the Contemporary Loom 161
The Arts and Crafts Movement 161
The Handloom Today 162
Bibliography 170
Index 174
