Textile manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces /

Wild, John Peter.

Textile manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces / J. P. Wild. - Cambridge [Eng.] Cambridge University Press, c1970. - xxii, 189 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Cambridge classical studies .



content

1. INTRODUCTION
2. TEXTILE
-Animal fibres
- Vegetable fibres
-Miscellaneous fibres

3. PREPARATION OF TEXTILE FIBRES FOR SPINNING
- Wool
- Silk
-Linen
-Heap
-Cotton

4. SPINNING
- Implements
-Process
-Spine direction
-Gold thread

5. PRESERVED TEXTILES
- Circumstances of preservation
- Spine direction
- Weaves
- Color effects
-Borders
-Sewing techniques and embroidery

6. NON- WOVEN FABRICS
- Knitting and plaiting
- Felt

7. VIL LOOMS
- Warp- Weighted vertical loom
- Two- bean vertical loom
- Band looms
- Raised horizontal loom

8. DYEING AND FINISHING
- Dyeing
- Finishing


Bibliography: p. 143-148 . _ Glossary : p149 . _ Index : p185-189

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