On March 18th, 12:00 CET, Stana Nenadic will give an online seminar, titled “The Last Handloom Weavers”, via Microsoft Teams.…
Family labour, household livelihood and consumption in the relocation of global cotton manufacturing, ca. 1750-1990
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In his masterpiece “The Spinners” (1655-1660), Diego Velázquez interweaves the myth of Arachne with an everyday view of a weaving workshop. Arachne was an exceptionally gifted weaver, who made no attempt to conceal her talent. Minerva, god of wisdom and the arts, didn’t approve Arachne’s sense of pride and challenged her to a competition. When Arachne won, the god burst into rage and turned her into a spider. This moment is depicted in the background of the painting. With this masterpiece, Velázquez defies the god once again.
The painting is on display in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
On March 18th, 12:00 CET, Stana Nenadic will give an online seminar, titled “The Last Handloom Weavers”, via Microsoft Teams.…
On March 11th, coinciding with the workshop “Dutch Textiles in Global History”, Prof. Dr. John Styles will offer an online…
On 11 and 12 March 2021, the online workshop Dutch Textiles in Global History: Interconnections of Trade, Design, and Labour, 1600-2000 will take place via Zoom.
This workshop aims to address the following questions: How has the Dutch textile industry been influenced by its global connections and, vice versa, how have Dutch textile exports influenced other regions? How did the Dutch connect to or disconnect from differentiated textile markets and consumption tastes, for instance by linking, transferring and imitating designs and values of certain products? How did other players on the world market respond?
Traditions of textile manufacturing have developed in nearly all parts of the globe. However, the characteristics and development trajectories of…
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