The Book of Looms: A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present

Ainu ancient Atayal backstrap loom basketry batten blankets bobbin Bronze Age Calderdale Calderdale Museums Service Çatal Hüyük century Chilkat China Chinese cloth beam comber board cotton Courtesy of Calderdale developed Diagram drawboy drawloom drawstrings E. J. Holmyard earliest early Egypt Egyptian Europe example fabric fiber figure harness flax Gobelin handweavers heading cord heddle rod horizontal ground loom horizontal loom illustration inches Indian invention jack loom linen loom fig loom frame loom weights loops mechanical medieval Museum of Natural Natural History Navajo Navajo weaving Neolithic Otomi pattern Peru Peruvian pit loom plain weave primitive probably produce Pueblo reed selvage shed rod sheep shuttle Southwest spindle spinning spun starting border suspended sword beater tapestry tapestry loom technique textile top beam treadle loom twill twining two-bar loom type of loom uprights vertical loom warp beam warp spacer warp threads warp-weighted loom weaver weft wooden wool wound wove woven yarn Zoque