Tag Archive: Paul Rodier

The Cloth Antiquary

What do you do when there’s no Wikipedia page? In my last three posts, I have given you some small samples from the 1936 book, The Romance of French Weaving.  There are so… Continue reading

The Mystery of Charlemagne’s Missing Textiles

Here’s a little puzzle to start things off: La chaine est soie, la trame poil de chèvre, matiere qui fournit la chèvre du Thibet et que nous connaissons sous le nom de cachemire.… Continue reading