靖西壮锦机

靖西壮锦机
Zhuang brocade loom, Jingxi

靖西地区的壮族民间织锦机的地综也是两片互动式的综桄组成,由与其相连的两个脚踏板控制升降;而提花综则是置于地综之后,悬挂在机架上,是由前后依次排列的综杆和综丝组成,织花时按照纹样图案的次序提起提花综片,类似于挑花杆式的织机。

This lomm is used by Zhuang weavers in the Jingxi region to make their distinctive bedcovers that are decorated with silk supplementary weft.In this loom both the warp beam and cloth beam are fixed in the frame.The ground-weave shedsare opened with a pair of treadles and heddles.Pattern weft insertions are stored on individual heddles on a rack above the warp,arranged in sequence.The weaaver picks out eatch heddle and lifts it by hand,inserting a bamboo tube into the warp to hold the shed open.A heavy reed attatched to a swinging arm is used to best in the wefts firmly.