Anne Blinks
Textile Study Collection
Bibliography for Sprang
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEARNING THE TECHNIQUE: Annemarie Seiler-Baldinger, A Classification of Techniques, Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.,1994, ISBN 1-56098-509-7 Peter Collingwood, Sprang: A Revival of an Ancient Technique, Handweaver and Craftsman Vol. 15, No. 2, Spring 1964, pp. 6-9. In Collection Papers. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: Peter Collingwood, Techniques of Sprang, (Watson-Guptill, New York, 1974). Mary Frame, Ancient Peruvian Sprang Fabrics, M.A. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1982. Margarethe Hald, Olddanske Textiler, Copenhagen, 1950. [English summary.] Virginia Harvey, "Sprang", Threads in Action, vol. 1:4, June 1970. [Introduction and basic instructions.] In Collection papers. Audrey S. Henshall, "Note on an Early Stocking in `Sprang' Technique Found Near Micklegate Bar, York", Ann. Report & Trans. Yorkshire Philosophical Society, pp. 22-24 (1950). In Collection papers. Mary Elizabeth King, "Sprang in the Paracas Period of Peru", In Celebration of the Curious Mind, eds. N. Rogers and M. Stanley (Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, 1983) pp. 61-67. Jeanette Lund, "Sprang - II", Threads in Action, vol 2:1, Fall, 1970. [Continuous warp Sprang band from West Pakistan.] In Collection papers. Alberta Parkinson, "Notes on the Nazca Braid", [sprang] typescript with notes in Anne's handwriting in Collection papers. Elizabeth S. Van Reesema, "Egyptisch Vlechtwerk" [Egyptian Lace], V. Holkema & Warendorf's, Uitg-My.N.V. Amsterdam, N.D. 48pp. [Instructions included, with photos. Also photos of currently interlaced pieces from classes. This is what we now call Sprang.] In Collection papers. ------, "Old Egyptian Lace", Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, n.d. In Collection papers. ------, Contribution to the Early History of Textile Technics, Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, Afdeeling Letterkunde New Series 26:2, Amsterdam (1926), 78pp. [About twining (tablet weaving), sprang, etc.] In Collection papers. Website: http://www.regia.org/sprang.htm. History and construction techniques of sprang during Anglo-Saxon/Viking period in Northern Europe. |