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Re: advice sought on textile history source(s)
my preoccupation is a lttle less lofty: to wit, should I purchase the lighter 20
guage single barrel or the more substantial 12 guage double barrel, and which
would fit better nuzzled against the right frontal lobe of my brain......all the
best.....jms
"Schmalz, Susan" wrote:
> Hi Sarah,
> Sorry to respond to your inquiry so late. This is very unscientific info,
> but my parents were Germans living on farms in small villages in Poland
> during WWII. My mother has often talked about seeing her grandmother
> weaving linen on a large loom. Evidently, flax was grown all over Eastern
> and Central Europe and the typical farmers wife was engaged in home weaving
> activities amongst other domestic pursuits. Hope this helps,
> Susan
>
> Susan Schmalz
> Assistant Conservator of Textiles
> Los Angeles County Museum of Art
> sschmalz@xxxxxxxxx
>
> > ----------
> > From: Sarah Lowengard[SMTP:sarahl@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 3:13 AM
> > To: texcons@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: advice sought on textile history source(s)
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a book that discusses textile history in central or
> > eastern Europe in the early-modern epoch? I'm particularly interested in
> > the German-speaking regions from the end of the thirty-years war to about
> > 1810, and my preoccupations are principally social and economic, rather
> > than art-historical. What scarce mentions I can find seems to assume that
> > either what existed in the middle ages continued to exist until the heavy
> > industrialization of the 19th century, or to assume that what held for
> > France was simply true throughout Europe. I am anxious to confirm or
> > refute these impressions, but would prefer not to have to do the primary
> > research myself.
> >
> > Thanks very much
> >
> > Sarah
> >
> > Sarah Lowengard
> > sarahl@xxxxxxxxx
> > Max-Planck-Insitut fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
> > 30 March 2000 Berlin
> >
> >