The golden thread how fabric changed history
All textiles begin with a twist. From colourful 30,000-year old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to what the linen wrappings of Tutankhamun's mummy actually meant; from the Silk Roads to the woolen sails that helped the Vikings reach America 700 years before Columbus; from the lace ruff...
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New York :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company,
2019.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Fibers in the cave: the origins of weaving
- Dead men's shrouds: wrapping and unwrapping Egyptian mummies
- Gifts and horses: silk in ancient China
- Cities that silk built: the silk roads
- Surf dragons: the Vikings' woolen sails
- A king's ransom: wool in medieval England
- Diamonds and the ruff: lace and luxury
- Solomon's coats: cotton, America, and trade
- Layering in extremis: clothing to conquer Everest and the South Pole
- Workers in the factory: rayon's dark past
- Under pressure: suits suitable for space
- Harder, better, faster, stronger: record breaking sports fabrics
- The golden cape: harnessing spider silk
- Golden threads: a coda.
