The Book of Looms by Eric Broudy

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The Book of Looms by Eric Broudy

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The Book of Looms by Eric Broudy

The handloom--often no more than a bundle of sticks and a few lengths of cordage--has been known to almost all cultures for thousands of years. Eric Broduy places the wide variety of handlooms in historical context. What influenced their development? How did they travel from one geographic area to another? Were they invented independently by different cultures? How have modern cultures improved on ancient weaving skills and methods? Broudy shows how virtually every culture, no matter how primitive, has woven on handlooms. He highlights the incredible technical achievement of primitive cultures that created magnificent textiles with the crudest of tools and demonstrates that modern technology has done nothing to surpass their skill or inventiveness.

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ISBN 13 9780874516494
ISBN 10 0874516498
Title The Book of Looms
Author Eric Broudy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University Press of New England
Year published 1993-10-31
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.