The Warp-Weighted Loom : Studies in History and Technology of an Ancient Implement
Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1964. `. First/Original Edition (1964); not a reprint or ebook. Paperback. Plain ivory wraps with color-illus. self-dust jacket. Bw lettering on spine. [3], bw map, 425 pp. with 137 bw images. VG, clean, tight contents with no exraneous marks. Covers worn but protective, Copy is art museum ex-lib. with spine sticker, blind stamp on title page, bar code inside back cover, and a lib. exchange notation in pencil. Item #162304
Text in English. Copyright by The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities 1964. No. 14 in the Studia Norvegica series (Norwegian Studies). Published under the auspices of the Norsk Folkemuseum. The 5 main sections (each with sub-topics) include: The Distribution of the Loom; The Living Tradition of the Warp-Weightted Loom in Nordic Countries (includes terminology and the Lapp areas); The Products of the Warp-Weighted Loom; Weaving in Northern and Western Europe; and The Loom of Classical Antiquity. Included are notes, a bibliograhpy, list of abbreviations, list of illustrations, a glossary, and an index. Scarce first edition.
OCLC: 185336985
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