摘要
In this paper, based on literature of relics of typical fabrics before the West Zhou unearthed in China till now, the weaving technology, including the raw material, the fabic structure, and the weaving instruments of that period was synthetically studied. The wooden loom parts unearthed in the Hemudu ruin, Zhejiang Prov. were studied with reference to the inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells as well as the characters casted on bronze objects, denoting the weaving instruments of pre-Zhou pcriod. The results show that, all the main natural fibres were utilized, all simple and combined weaves except the satin weave had appeared, and the weaving instruments might include the ground loom with 3 or 4 points support, besides the breast loom already reported.
In this paper, based on literature of relics of typical fabrics before the West Zhou unearthed in China till now, the weaving technology, including the raw material, the fabic structure, and the weaving instruments of that period was synthetically studied. The wooden loom parts unearthed in the Hemudu ruin, Zhejiang Prov. were studied with reference to the inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells as well as the characters casted on bronze objects, denoting the weaving instruments of pre-Zhou period. The results show that, all the main natural fibres were utilized, all simple and combined weaves except the satin weave had appeared, and the weaving instruments might include the ground loom with 3 or 4 points support, besides the breast loom already reported.
