page_title: Weaving
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Weaving / History
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Фреска из гробницы Бени-Хасан, древний Египет. В. В. Неелов. Ткачество.English: Image of women weaving, as depicted on a tomb at Beni Hassan. Image reproduced from V. V. Neelov, Tkatchestvo. Français&#160;: Image de femmes en train de tisser, telle que peinte dans une tombe égyptienne antique à Beni Hassan.
context_page_description: Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft, woof, or filling. The method in which these threads are inter-woven affects the characteristics of the cloth.
  Cloth is usually woven on a loom, a device that holds the warp threads in place while filling threads are woven through them. A fabric band which meets this definition of cloth can also be made using other methods, including tablet weaving, back strap loom, or other techniques without looms.
  The way the warp and filling threads interlace with each other is called the weave. The majority of woven products are created with one of three basic weaves: plain weave, satin weave, or twill weave. Woven cloth can be plain, or can be woven in decorative or artistic design.
context_section_description: There are some indications that weaving was already known in the Paleolithic Era, as early as 27,000 years ago. An indistinct textile impression has been found at the Dolní Věstonice site. According to the find, the weavers of the Upper Palaeolithic were manufacturing a variety of cordage types, produced plaited basketry and sophisticated twined and plain woven cloth. The artifacts include imprints in clay and burned remnants of cloth.
  The oldest known textiles found in the Americas are remnants of six finely woven textiles and cordage found in Guitarrero Cave, Peru. The weavings, made from plant fibres, are dated between 10100 and 9080 BCE.
caption: Weaving in ancient Egypt
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