Textile Museum Research Articles

Woven From the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, 16th-19th Centuries, edited by Carol Bier, Washington, DC: The Textile Museum, 1987.

<b>Woven From the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, 16th-19th Centuries</b>, edited by Carol Bier, Washington, DC: The Textile Museum, 1987.

Textile and Dress Museums in Czechoslovakia

Textile and Dress Museums in Czechoslovakia

Textile and Dress Museums in Czechoslovakia

Textile and Dress Museums in Czechoslovakia

Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, Sixteenth–Nineteenth Centuries, edited by Carol Bier. 336 pages, color and bl.-&amp;-wh. photographs. The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. 1987.

Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, Sixteenth–Nineteenth Centuries, edited by Carol Bier. 336 pages, color and bl.-&amp;-wh. photographs. The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. 1987.

The “horndal effect” in early U.S. manufacturing

* Previous drafts of this paper were presented to the Seminar on the Capitalist Enterprise, Harvard University, in February 1982, the Economic History Workshop, Harvard University, in April 1982, and the 23rd Annual Cliometrics Conference, University of Iowa, in May 1982. The final version was presented to the Labor Seminar at Harvard University in February 1984. Research assistance was provided by Mary Deery, Greg Frazier, Lindti Gray, Kathy Hanson, Robert Runcie, Wei Wong, and, especially, Eliot ReMefrimack Valley Textile Museum, the National Science Foundation under Grants SES 78-24671 and SES 83-09335, and the Svenska Handdlsbanken Foundation for Social Science Research.

Edward G. Roddy, Mills, Mansions and Mergers: The Life of William M. Wood (North Andover, Mass.: Merrimac Valley Textile Museum, 1982, $15). Pp. 148.

Edward G. Roddy, Mills, Mansions and Mergers: The Life of William M. Wood (North Andover, Mass.: Merrimac Valley Textile Museum, 1982, $15). Pp. 148.

The Merrimack valley textile Museumian appreciation

The Merrimack Valley Textile Museum: A Guide to the Manuscript Collections. Edited by Helena Wright. New York: Garland Publishing, 1983. xxvi, 378 pp. $39.00.

The Merrimack Valley Textile Museum: A Guide to the Manuscript Collections. By Helena E. Wright. Inventories prepared by John B. Hopkins and Dorothy Truman. (New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1983. xxvi + 378 pp. $39.00.)

The Merrimack Valley Textile Museum: A Guide to the Manuscript Collections. By Helena E. Wright. Inventories prepared by John B. Hopkins and Dorothy Truman. (New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1983. xxvi + 378 pp. $39.00.)

The Philosophy of Manufactures: Early Debates over Industrialization in the United States

This work collects in a single volume often in their original form the primary texts in the American debate over industrialization between the Revolution the Civil War. These documents reflect the intellectual ideological forces behind the promotion of manufactures, as well as the skepticism resistance which the industrial capitalist aroused in the democratic agrarian new nation. collection demonstrates that there was a heated debate over the industrialization of the United States, the issues reveal much about the shaping of our fundamental institutions.The editors' introduction lays out the major issues, establishes the historical context of the debate, offers arguments about its significance. body of the text consists of documents which have hitherto been readily available only to specialists, each with a headnote giving bibliographical sources.Michael Brewster Folsom is executive director of the Charles River Museum of Industry in Waltham, Massachusetts; Steven D. Lubar is the museum's curator.Dr. Folsom is also general editor of the series Documents in American Industrial History. The Philosophy of Manufactures and The New England Mill Village, 1790-1860 are the first two volumes in the series, which is copublished with the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum.

Mills, Mansions, and Mergers: The Life of William M. Wood. By Edward G. Roddy. North Andover, Massachusetts: Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, 1982. Pp. 148. $15.00.

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Mills, Mansions, and Mergers: The Life of William M. Wood. By Edward G. Roddy. North Andover, Mass., Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, 1982. Pp. 148. $15.00. - Industrial Progress and Human Welfare: The Rise of the Factory System in 19th Century Lancaster. By Thomas R. Winpenny. Washington, D.C., University Press of America, 1982. Pp. x + 132. $17.50.

Mills, Mansions, and Mergers: The Life of William M. Wood. By Edward G. Roddy. North Andover, Mass., Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, 1982. Pp. 148. $15.00. - Industrial Progress and Human Welfare: The Rise of the Factory System in 19th Century Lancaster. By Thomas R. Winpenny. Washington, D.C., University Press of America, 1982. Pp. x + 132. $17.50.

The Junius B. Bird Precolumbian Textile Conference, May 19th and 20th, 1973. Ann Pollard Rowe, Elizabeth P. Benson, and Anne-Louise Shaffer, editors. The Textile Museum and Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. 1979. 278 pp., illus., biblio. $30.00 (cloth).

The Junius B. Bird Precolumbian Textile Conference, May 19th and 20th, 1973. Ann Pollard Rowe, Elizabeth P. Benson, and Anne-Louise Shaffer, editors. The Textile Museum and Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. 1979. 278 pp., illus., biblio. $30.00 (cloth).

Cairene Carpets – Textile Museum, Washington, DC March 17th – August 1st, 1981

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Turkish Kilims

In every aspect of Turkish studies, the non-Turkish scholar is at a disadvantage in trying to understand the complexities of the Turkish heritage. However hard we may try to learn and understand the language, customs, arts and crafts, through a lifetime of labour, enthusiasm and long residence, our Turkish colleagues should be able to do this better and with greater understanding. During the nineteenfifties, while living in Ankara, one used to regret the lack of interest in Seljuk art and architecture and complain about the absence of any reliable information about the flat woven rugs known as kilims that were just starting to appear in the market.Things have greatly changed in the thirty years that have since passed; and there is a healthy revival in Turkish art of the Seljuk and Ottoman periods, not only in Turkey, but at last also in the West. The interest in Turkish kilims is a modern phenomenon; we have valuable studies on the Türkmen nomads of Anatolia, which never even mention the word kilim. In Turkey also few scholars, except Yusuf Durul who has devoted his life to the study of Yörük textiles, were attracted by kilims. Samples of Old Turkish carpets and kilims, published by the Sümerbank, Istanbul, 1961 broke the ice, at least in Turkey. Then came an exhibition at the Textile Museum, Washington D.C. in 1969 and its fine publication by A. N. Landreau and W. R. Pickering entitled From the Bosporus to Samarkand. Flat woven rugs (1969), followed in rapid succession by three publications by the Akbank in Turkey: C. Kerametli and Z. Güvemli: Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi (1974); Belkis Acar's Kilim ve düz dokuma yaygilar (1975) and Yusuf Duru's Yörük kilimleri (1977) all published in Istanbul. Then came a kilim exhibition in London, published by D. Black and C. Loveless in The undiscovered kilim, London 1977, followed by W. T. Ziemba, A. Akatay and S. L. Schwartz: Turkish flat weaves, London 1979, and now we have a sumptuous book by Yanni Petsopoulos: Kilims, Thames and Hudson, London 1979 (price £38.00) with not less than 278 illustrations of Anatolian kilims alone, many in colour and all old, i.e. before the introduction of chemical dyes, tentatively put at 1900, and nearly all in western collections, many private.

Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia. By Mattiebelle Gittinger. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1979. 240 pp. Plates, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography. $15.00.

Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia. By Mattiebelle Gittinger. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1979. 240 pp. Plates, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography. $15.00. - Volume 39 Issue 2

Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia. By Mattiebelle Gittinger. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1979. 240 pp. Plates, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography. $15.00.

Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia. By Mattiebelle Gittinger. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1979. 240 pp. Plates, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography. $15.00. - Volume 39 Issue 2

Toward a Standard of Excellence: The Second Installment

In January 1968 Technology and Culture issued the first of series of review articles devoted to identifying technical museums, describing their contents, and assessing their worth as centers for historical instruction and scholarly research. Having assumed editorial responsibility for the undertaking, Thomas W. Leavitt of the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum introduced the series with masterly essay entitled The Nature and Purpose of Exhibit Reviews. His primary argument came through loud and clear: All too often exhibit halls are filled with objects which are useless as evidence with which to study the past. In order to correct this deficiency and achieve standard of excellence, Leavitt called for the immediate scrutiny and evaluation of traditional priorities and philosophical assumptions underlying museum practice. It seemed mandatory that antiquarian biases be abandoned for more dynamic methods of presentation. In particular, technical exhibits needed to be established as a distinct medium of communication. While acknowledging the importance of preserving original artifacts, Leavitt maintained that the modern museum should also be performing an educational function. To be truly catholic in aim and effective in communication, the museum must orient itself toward more balanced program. It should not only preserve but also interpret and present historical objects in such manner as to convey meaningful story to all who view them.1 What better way to initiate this reform than through critical reviews of the exhibits themselves?

The National Park Service and the History of Technology: The New England Textile Mill Survey

During the summers of 1967 and 1968, the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, together with several other organizations and interested individuals, cooperated in a survey of selected textile mills and mill complexes in New England. The project was unique in two respects. It was the first time that the Historic American Buildings Survey (the agency of the Park Service responsible for recording architectural works) had attempted to document a particular building type on a regional basis, and it was also their first large-scale venture in industrial archaeology.1 However, before this project is discussed in detail, it should be seen within the context of the several programs of the National Park Service that are relevant to the history of American technology.2 Equally important, the opportunities for both contributive scholarship and source materials offered by these programs do not appear to be widely known.

Richard L. Hills. &lt;italic&gt;Power in the Industrial Revolution&lt;/italic&gt;. [Manchester.] Manchester University Press. 1970. Pp, ix, 274. £4.00, Harold Catling. &lt;italic&gt;The Spinning Mule&lt;/italic&gt;,. (David and Charles Library of Textile History.) Newton Abbot: David and Charles. 1970. Pp. 207. £2.75. J. Geraint Jenkins. &lt;italic&gt;The Welsh Woollen Industry&lt;/italic&gt;. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, Welsh Folk Museum. 1969. Pp. xviii, 410. £2.75. and Kenneth

Journal Article Richard L. Hills. Power in the Industrial Revolution. [Manchester.] Manchester University Press. 1970. Pp, ix, 274. £4.00, Harold Catling. The Spinning Mule,. (David and Charles Library of Textile History.) Newton Abbot: David and Charles. 1970. Pp. 207. £2.75. J. Geraint Jenkins. The Welsh Woollen Industry. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, Welsh Folk Museum. 1969. Pp. xviii, 410. £2.75. and Kenneth G. Ponting. The Woollen Industry of South-west England: An Industrial, Economic and Technical Survey. (Origins of Industry.) New York: Augustus M. Kelley. 1971. Pp. x, 214. $20.00 Get access Hills Richard L.. Power in the Industrial Revolution. [Manchester:] Manchester University Press. 1970. Pp. ix, 274. £4.00. Catling Harold. The Spinning Mule. (David and Charles Library of Textile History.) Newton Abbot: David and Charles. 1970. Pp. 207. £2.75. Jenkins J. Geraint. The Welsh Woollen Industry. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, Welsh Folk Museum. 1969. Pp. xviii, 410. £2.75. Ponting Kenneth G.. The Woollen Industry of South-west England: An Industrial, Economic and Technical Survey. (Origins of Industry.) New York: Augustus M. Kelley. 1971. Pp. x, 214. $20.00. David J. Jeremy David J. Jeremy Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 77, Issue 3, June 1972, Pages 786–788, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/77.3.786 Published: 01 June 1972

Factory under the Elms: A History of Harrisville, New Hampshire, 1774–1969. By &lt;italic&gt;John Borden Armstrong&lt;/italic&gt;. (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press for the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. 1969. Pp. xx, 320. $12.50.)

Factory under the Elms: A History of Harrisville, New Hampshire, 1774–1969. By John Borden Armstrong. (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press for the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. 1969. Pp. xx, 320. $12.50.) Factory under the Elms: A History of Harrisville, New Hampshire, 1774–1969. By Armstrong John Borden. (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press for the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. 1969. Pp. xx, 320. $12.50.) Donald B. Cole Donald B. Cole Phillips Exeter Academy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 75, Issue 7, December 1970, Page 2124, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/75.7.2124 Published: 01 December 1970