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In 'The Valkyries' Loom', Michle Hayeur Smith examines Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North Atlantic in the ninth century AD. While previous researchers have overlooked textiles as insignificant artifacts, Hayeur Smith is the first to use them to understand gender and economy in Norse societies of the North Atlantic. This groundbreaking study is based on the author's systematic comparative analysis of the vast textile collections in Iceland, Greenland, Denmark, Scotland, and the Faroe Islands, materials that are largely unknown even to archaeologists and span 1,000 years.

Textile fabrics, Viking --- Women weavers --- Textile fabrics --- Vikings --- Women, Viking --- History. --- Clothing --- Anthropology.

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"As the time-honored technique of interlacing yarn or fiber, weaving has developed an extensive and transformative history. From traditional basket weaving in Eastern Asia to woven wall hangings and installations by self-taught contemporaries, the 24 designers and artists featured in Woven Together exemplify the endless possibilities of textiles across generations and cultures. With artist insight into their materials, equipment and personal processes, readers will learn technical skills as well as be inspired to tell their own narrative through the power of this intimate craft"

Weavers --- Weaving --- Hand weaving --- 746.1 --- Textiel ; weefkunst --- Artisans --- Warping --- Textile industry --- Textielkunst ; weven --- 779.8 --- weven --- textiel --- textielkunst --- textielontwerpen --- textielkunst, overige