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

Had a lot of historical content. Used as a resource in art with middle school students.

This book is a useful reference on the technology of looms and weaving throughout the world... I would recommend it to anyone who needs a compact and well done treatment of the subject.

This item was a gift. The recipient seemed to like after opening it. Do not know if it will meet recipient's expectations.

The loom is a simple tool designed to hold warp yarns in allignment and under tension such that they can be alternated to allow the weft yarns to pass over and under them to create a fabric. This book shows some of the simplest looms and more complex ones. The ingenuity of man to design these implements is amazing. From a simple ordering of a series of sticks to large elaborate frames built of wood or metal, looms have been designed to simplify the process of weaving for weavers. He shows how remarkably similar looms have been built in different continents around the world.

excellent work

Another wonderful source book

Purchased the book as a resource for learning about ancient weaving. Purchased as a museum library resource. Good fo reference

thank you-quick delivery and an amazing read.

Dies ist ein wunderbar ausführliches Buch über Webrahmen. Mit ganz viel Bildmaterial von Ausgrabungen wird einem die ganze menschliche Geschichte vor Augen geführt. Es ist alles so gut beschrieben, das man keine Probleme hat sich die verschiedenen Arbeitsgänge auf den unterschiedlichsten Webrahmen vorzustellen. Ich finde dieses Buch wirklich außerordentlich informativ und darüber hinaus ist es auch für Laien sehr gut verständlich.

This book is very interested in knowing history of looms. But my interest is a little differs from the book. What I really want to study was history of looms and its products, such as quality of cloth, roughness, density of yarn, shrinking, difference of quality between wool and other fibers and so on. But it was rather difficult to know full contents of the book, always as far as buying book on line

Excellent overview of main types of looms - and the available research literature. Very well illustrated with the best available original pictures.