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Ancient Egypt
Heddle-Jacks of Middle Kingdom Looms, Mace, A. C. Ancient Egypt, 1922, 4 pages. Posted September 24, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 808 KB PDF
Loom Weights in Egypt, Mace, A. C. Ancient Egypt, 1922, 3 pages. Posted September 24, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 752 KB PDF
Models of Ancient Looms, Roth, H. Ling and G. M. Crowfoot. Ancient Egypt, 1921, 7 pages. Posted September 24, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club
Textiles from Gordion, Bellinger, Louisa. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 46 (1962), 30 pages. Posted October 22, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.8 MB PDF
Archaeological Background of Textile Production in the Soviet Russian Territory, Cammann, Schuyler. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 26 (1942), 12 pages. Posted January 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 KB PDF
Group of Ancient Peruvian Fabrics, Means, Philip Ainsworth. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 11, No. 1 (1927), 16 pages. Posted September 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF
Series of Ancient Andean Textiles, Means, Philip Ainsworth. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 9 (1925), 25 pages. Posted November 18, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.5 MB PDF
Catalog of the Elsberg Collection of Egypto-Arabic Embroideries of the Mediaeval Period, Merlange, Germaine. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1928), 22 pages. Posted September 24, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.5 MB PDF
Group of Egypto-Arabic Embroideries of the Elsberg Collection, Merlange, Germaine. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1928), 6 pages. Posted September 29, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 832 KB PDF
Embroidery in Ancient Egypt, Morris, Frances. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1917), 5 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 812 KB PDF
Notes on the Weaves of a Group of Silk Fabrics from the Burial Mounds of Noin-Ula Now in the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Sachs, Eleanor B. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 20 (1936), 5 pages. Posted October 6, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 692 KB PDF
Ancient Russian Ecclesiastical Embroideries, Tolmachoff, Eugenia. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 31 (1947), 55 pages. Posted January 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.8 MB PDF
Some Ancient Greek Textiles Found in South Russia, Tolmachoff, Eugenia. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 26 (1942), 42 pages. Posted January 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.3 MB PDF
Old Egyptian Lace, van Reesema, E. Siewertsz . The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 4 (1920), 7 pages. Posted December 19, 2003. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Technical Study of Textiles from the Burial Mounds of Noin-Ula, Voskresensky, A. A. and N. P. Tikhonov. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 20 (1936), 72 pages. Posted October 6, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.9 MB PDF
Burlington Magazine
Ecclesiastical Lace Ancient and Modern: A Comparison, Jackson, Mrs. F. Nevill. Burlington Magazine, Vol. 6 (1906), 6 pages. Posted May 5, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Ancient Lace in the Royal Museums, Brussels, Pollen, Mrs. John Hungerford. Burlington Magazine, Vol. 21 (1912), 5 pages. Posted November 22, 2003. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Engineering Weekly
Weaving. -- No. III: Ancient Looms, [Barlow, Alfred]. Engineering Weekly, January 23, 1874, 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on printed page. Posted March 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 984 KB PDF
Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
Balls of Thread on Pieces of Pottery, Cartland, Bernice M. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1918, 2 pages. Posted September 24, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 588 KB PDF
Magazine of Art
Historical Collection of Old Stuffs, ---. Magazine of Art, Vol. 25 (1902), 2 pages. Posted October 2, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 628 KB PDF
Melliand
Ancient History of the Spinning Wheel, Feldhaus, F. M. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 6 (September 1929), 3 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 784 K PDF
Minnesota Weaver
Telas de los Muertos [Cloths of the Dead]- Resist-Dyeing, Baizerman, Sue. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 3 No. 3 (November 1977), 3 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Telas de los Muertos-Pre-Columbian Burial Cloths [Cloths of the Dead], Baizerman, Sue. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 3 No. 1 (September 1977), 5 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.1 MB PDF
Telas de los Muertos, [Cloths of the Dead] Double-Cloth, Baizerman, Suzanne. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 1977-January 1978), 3 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Ancient Egyptian Textiles from Abu Seiffein, Nelson, Cherilyn. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 7 No. 4 (December 1981-January 1982), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 98 KB PDF
Weaving Myth and Magic-Cotton, Searle, Karen. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 4 (February 1980), 2 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 487 KB PDF
Telas de los Muertos [Cloths of the Dead]- Peruvian Tapestry, Sewell, Suzy. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 3 No. 7 (April 1978), 4 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.9 MB PDF
Science
Textile Fabrics of the Ancient Inhabitants of the Mississippi Valley, Henderson, J. G. Science, Vol. 1, No. 21 (November 20, 1880), 1 page. Posted October 3, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 248 PDF
United States Democratic Review
Manufacture of Wool, Silk, Cotton and Flax, ancient and Modern, ---. United States Democratic Review, 1846, 7 pages. Posted October 1, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.9 MB PDF
Weaver
Some Ancient Peruvian Textiles, Atwater, Mary M. Weaver, Vol. 1 No. 2 (March 1936), 6 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 493 KB PDF
A Weaver's Trip to Peru, Johnson, Nellie Sargent. Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 4 (October-November 1939), 3 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 319 KB PDF
Weaving Technique of Some Early Peruvian Textiles, Quigley, Viola W. Weaver, Vol. 2 No. 4 (October 1937), 6 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 864 KB PDF
books
van Gennep, A. and G. Jéquier. Le Tissage aux Cartons et Son Ulitisation Décorative dans L'Égypte Ancienne, Delachaux & Niestlé, 1916, 135 pages. Posted January 8, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF.
monographs
Brigham, William T. and Stokes, John F. G. Mat and Basket Weaving of the Ancient Hawaiians Described and Compared with the Basketry of the Other Pacific Islanders with an Account of Hawaiian Nets and Nettings, Bishop Museum Press, 1906, 197 pages. Posted November 7, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.8 MB PDF.
Holmes, William Henry. "Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States" in Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, Government Printing Office, Vol. 13 (1891-1892), 50 pages. Posted June 11, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.1 MB PDF
Holmes, William Henry. Prehistoric Textile Art of the Eastern United States, Bureau of Ethnology, 1889, 50 pages. Note: U. S. Government publication. Posted January 28, 2005. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.4 MB PDF
Moorehead, Warren K. "Textile Fabrics" from The Stone Age in North America, Constable & Co., 1911, 13 pages. Posted March 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF
Roth, H. Ling. Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms, Banksfield Museum, 1913, 45 pages. Posted December 24, 2001. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.6 MB PDF
other
Exhibition catalogs and guides
---. Alte Textilen, Bildhefte des Badischen Landesmuseums Karlsruhe, 1957, 52 pages. Posted December 23, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 8.2 MB PDF
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