What does heddled mean?
Heddled means (of a loom, usually in combination) That uses heddles..
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(of a loom, usually in combination) That uses heddles..
1986, Howard L. Needles, S. Haig Zeronian, Historic Textile and Paper Materials: Conservation and Characterization, Advances in Chemistry Series, American Chemical Society, page 271, Once a heddled loom is used, the spiraling encircling action of twining is no longer feasible.
[…]all reproduced in Ananda Coomaraswamy's Medieval Sinhalese Art are ordinary twill weaves which are produced with little effort on a multi-heddled handloom.
It is difficult to decide with von Stokar, that such twills were woven on a four-heddled loom (6).
Necessary and productive as a many-heddled loom is, there is something basic and satisfying about covering each warp thread by hand, in a tapestry or needle technique.
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Heddled means (of a loom, usually in combination) That uses heddles..
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1986, Howard L. Needles, S. Haig Zeronian, Historic Textile and Paper Materials: Conservation and Characterization, Advances in Chemistry Series, American Chemical Society, page 271, Once a heddled loom is used, the spiraling encircling action of twining is no longer feasible.
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