This book, written by Bert deWilde, curator of the Belgian Flax museum in
Kortrik, originally published in 1987 - is now available from Amazon as a
new 1999 English Language reprint - price $55.
I received my copy today and am duly impressed. He takes the history of flax
and its processing - whether by hand or machine through history.
While most other books I have show single persons or small groups of people
doing various tasks for the cameras, his photos are from the period
represented and show not only the amount of labor, but the number of
laborers, both male and female, involved in processing the harvest. It was
truly an "industry" very early on.
Certainly for anyone interested in linen, a work like this from the heart of
the flax processing industry is a must.
Sara von Tresckow Visit our Web Page - With FLAXCAM - ripening
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