Identification of Blended Hemp Textiles from the Middle Ages to the 20 th Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16776570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Git Skoglund (0000-0002-0045-5967, Twitter (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 254-273 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TEXTILE (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-9756 • E-ISSN: 1751-8350 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14759756.2022.2053276 |
| OpenAlex | W4224226650 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
Historical research about textiles made from bast fibers has progressed in recent years broadening our perspectives of people’s needs for textile raw materials. Despite this, analyses of textiles made of mixed fibers from a variety of plants have not received sufficient attention. Textiles were often made of blends of different bast plant fibers, which was during historical time common but is rarely mentioned in research, compounding the difficulty of accurate fiber identification. Fibers could be blended as the yarn was spun, of yarns different fibers were woven into a single fabric, and various fabrics were assembled in a range of everyday textiles. Without relying on proper analysis protocols, it is difficult of distinguish different bast fibers, and this has resulted in the misidentification of textiles in museum collections. This study addresses seven representative’s handmade textiles with a focus on hemp, combined with either flax, hop, ramie or cotton. The various textile fibers identified indicate that blends were common from the Middle Ages until modern times
Bast fibre · Biology · Botany · Composite material · Fiber · Identification (biology · Polymer science · Pulp and paper industry · Ramie · Raw material · Synthetic fiber · Textile · Yarn · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Engineering · Materials Science · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
Viking and Early Middle Ages Northern Scandinavian Textiles Proven to be made with Hemp
Traditional manufacture of hemp and hop textiles
Traditional Fine Homespun Hemp Linen Fabrics
Is Cross‐Section Shape a Distinct Feature in Plant Fibre Identification
First experimental evidence of hop fibres in historical textiles
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |