Hello everyone,
My elder brother, who is currently studying ethnic minorities in
Vietnam, came to me with a question about a loom he saw there.
Unfortunately I was unable to answer him, since my weaving knowledge is
very scarce, but I promised him to try and find more knowleadgeable
persons, and where else can I find them but here ? ;)
I'll try to be as clear as possible, although I have to translate his
words into English, and I must say I'm not very familiar with French
weaving terms to begin with.
Basically, he photographed this :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19370...@n02/
and he's now wondering what type of loom it is, how best to describe it
and how elaborate or "modern" it could be. More specifically, he saw
similar looms in other works described as an "horizontal loom with one
row ("shaft" would be more appropriate, I believe ?) of heddles", or
sometimes as one "with two shafts" (the French words, for those
interested, were "rangs de lisses").
He tried to do his own research on the web, but living in Cambodia he
hasn't access to the best ressources, and he's not sure whether this
loom is of the first or the latter kind, or if, as he suspects, it is a
third, different type. Hopefully the pictures are good enough for more
experienced eyes than his to tell ?
You can reply privately or on the list if the subject does not seem too
off topic (though it's not "historical" per se). If some of you are
particularly interested, I can of course ask him more about the pictures
and where they were taken !
Thank you for your help,
Mathilde
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