The Greek form of loom was an upright one on which the warp threads were kept taut by means of weights and similar to the form which existed in Central and Northern Europe (in the latter until recent times) but of which so far there is no trace to the east, or south, or west. The Greek loom may have been furnished with a heddle but the drawings are not clear on this point. A spool was used. The weavers were women and the weft was beaten upwards or away from the weaver. It was not a form of loom so capable of improvement as the Egyptian forms and there appears to be no connection between the forms used on either side of the Mediterranean. The Greek tapestry loom could hardly have been more primitive. In respect to the forms of looms used by the two peoples the Egyptians were considerably in advance of the Greeks.
The author uses some archaic and alternative spelling, for example, nooze for noose, gramms for grammes. These have been retained as printed.
The original text contained an erratum, as follows:
Erratum:--Page 39, Line 5, for Dr. Henry Porter, _read_ Dr. Harvey Porter.
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Page 11--Tehuti-hotep amended to Tehuti-hetep--"... from the tomb of Tehuti-hetep _circa_ 1938-1849 B.C., ..."
Page 18--netsinker amended to net-sinker--"... the material is not suitable for a net-sinker, ..."
Page 19, Fig. 21 caption--cm. amended to in.--"... Breadth 6·5 cm. (1-11/32 in.)."
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Page 27--safron amended to saffron--"2. This is a coarser fabric, has been dyed with saffron, ..."
Page 29--Millemetres amended to Millimetres--"Micro Measurements of Ten Fibres in Millimetres."
Page 32, Fig. 31 caption--Etrusian amended to Etruscan--"... an Athenian skyphos found in an Etruscan tomb ..."
Page 32--repeated instance of use deleted--"... there is apparently no evidence for the use of such objects ..."
Page 35, Fig. 33 caption--templete amended to template--"The template for regulating the width of the cloth."
Page 37, Fig. 35 caption--whorle amended to whorl--"... the fragment of a comb and a chalk spindle whorl, ..."