Sara von Tresckow
Nearly 20 years ago I presented a history of the textile "industry" prior to 1800 (the date we hold for begin of "industrial revolution"). Yes, textile production and trade was conducted according to definitions currently used by modern industry at least as long ago as the Bronze Age in Europe. I have continued to enhance my knowledge of textile trade and production in antiquity. Since 2008, much more material is available.With today's amplified interest in sustainable textile production, this presentation is now updated to represent a journey back to see how our ancestors addressed the task of providing mankind with sufficient textiles - their materials and processes - good and bad - to deliver food for thought as we work to modify the textile industry of today.Rather than just a chronology of textile history, this will center on a selection of processes and production with a vertical look through time and place.
