[Athena] John Becker: Pattern and Loom, second edition, 2009, 400 pp. (1st ed. 1986) (a free E-book)

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> 15 Oct 2009
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> John Becker: Pattern and Loom, second edition, 2009, 400 pp. (1st  
> ed. 1986) (a free E-book)
>
> Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
>
> Supplied note:
> "Dear all, I have now placed this book on the Web for free download:
>
> John Becker, with the collaboration of Donald B. Wagner Pattern and  
> Loom: A Practical Study of the Development of Weaving Techniques in  
> China, Western Asia, and Europe. Second edition, 2009, 400 pp. (1st  
> ed. 1986)
> http://staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/Pattern-and-Loom.html
>
> John Becker (1915-1986) was the youngest of the old guard in  
> Scandinavian hand-weaving, and one of the last to know the  
> traditional techniques from daily production. He was also an artist,  
> had the beginning of an academic education, and was careful to draw  
> on other experts as necessary, so that his book is unique: based on  
> his own very extensive experience as a weaver, on personal  
> examination of numerous artefacts, and on written sources in  
> Scandinavian languages, English, French, German, Spanish, Flemish,  
> Chinese and Japanese. In his practical research he wove replicas of  
> ancient samples, and learned from this a great deal about the  
> ancient techniques.
>
> John Becker died in July 1986 at the age of 71, while the first  
> edition of this book was in press. After the publication of an  
> edition of a few hundred, the cliches from which it was printed were  
> destroyed; reprints have therefore not been possible. When his widow  
> Kirsten Becker died in 2003 I inherited the copyright to the book,  
> and the original publishers have kindly relinquished their rights,  
> so a new edition is now possible. In this new edition I have done  
> the typesetting and layout myself, and I hope that readers will find  
> that the sizing and cropping of the illustrations, and their  
> placement in relation to the text, are now more satisfactory than in  
> the original edition.
>
> Publication of a 400-page book in this on-line form is obviously not  
> ideal - I am negotiating with a Danish publisher for a printed  
> edition.
> Regards Don Wagner."
>
> Self-description:
> "Free download (400 pages, pdf, 23.5 Mbytes)."
>
> Table of contents:
> Preface ix
> Introduction 1
> Part I: Patterned weaves of Han China, 206 BC -- AD 220 7
> Patterned weaves of Han China 9
> 1. The monochrome patterned weaves 16
> 2. Gauze weaves 35
> 3. The polychrome silks, jin 55
> Part II: Patterned Weaves of Early Western Asia 81
> 4. Western Asia 83
> 5. Weft-faced compound twill or samitum 111
> Part III: Patterned weaves of the Mediterranean region 145
> 6. Lampas 147
> 7. Double-faced weft weaves 196
> 8. Patterned double cloth 221
> 9. Damask 248
> Part IV: The eclectic pattern weaves of Tang China 287
> 10. The eclectic pattern weaves of Tang China 289
> Part V: Weaving implements 309
> 11. The development of mechanical patterning: 'The' drawloom 311
> 12. Our drawloom -- some weaving implements 346
> Bibliography 363
> Index 376
>
> URL http://staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/Pattern-and-Loom.html
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