复原斜织机

复原斜织机
Oblique treadle loom

斜织机的特征是用两块踏板控制一片综,但因机身倾斜而称为斜织机。

斜织机是我国最早使用的踏板织机,现已失传。从大量汉代纺织画像石中的图像,特别是现存法国的一台汉代釉陶织机模型来看,当时的斜织机是一种采用张力补偿原理的单综双踏板素织机,此台复原成功的斜织机可能是一种与汉代技术背景最为接近的踏板织机。

Featuring two treadle boards that control one heddle shaft, a slanted loom is named after its tilted frame.

Invented in China, the slant loom is equipped with treadles was widely used in the Han dynasty. Based on extensive study of generous Han stone relief carvings, and especially aided by a glazed Han ceramic loom, researchers concluded that it was a two-treadle single heddle plain weave loom that already employed the principle of tension compensation. This type of loom long vanished in the course of history, has now been successfully reconstructed. It was the kind of loom that quite possibly reflected the true level of technology at that time.