Textile Manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces

Name: Textile Manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces
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ISBN: 9780521100519

ISBN-10: 0521100518

ISBN-13: 9780521100519

Edition: 2009

Authors: J. P. Wild

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Dr Wild has written an account of textile manufacture in the northern and western Roman provinces. He begins with a chapter on ancient textile fibres and their sources including an account of Roman production of wool, silk imports, flax and hemp and experimental fibres such as asbestos. Then he studies methods of fibre preparation and spinning and the tools used by the ancient craftsmen. The main body of Dr Wild's survey is a detailed account of the evidence, archaeological and literary, for Roman looms, and an examination of surviving textiles. The final section considers the problems of Roman industrial cloth-finishing and dyeing. The text is supported by tables of implements, two…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




Introduction



Textile Fibres



Preparation of textile fibres for spinning



Spinning



Preserved textiles



Non-woven fabrics



Looms



Dyeing and finishing


Bibliography


Glossary


Indexes