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- Title
Time looms over us: Observations from an experimental comparison of medieval English loom-types.
- Authors
Pepper, Gwendoline
- Abstract
The organisation of textile production in medieval England underwent a dramatic transition between roughly the tenth and 12th centuries. These changes, which include the formation of weaving guilds and the evolution of weaving as a maledominated trade, are typically attributed to the adoption of a new, more efficient style of loom. In order to critically examine the role of technology during this transitional period, an experiment was designed to compare the relative efficiency of two different types of loom in use during the Middle Ages. The experiment yielded interesting timed results and experiential observations, which indicate a difference in the skill level required by each loom, suggesting a complicated relationship between gender, new technology, and the perception of skill in medieval England.
- Subjects
LOOMS; WEAVING; TEXTILE fibers; ANCIENT textiles; ARCHAEOLOGY
- Publication
Archaeological Textiles Review, 2019, Issue 61, p71
- ISSN
2245-7135
- Publication type
Article