Collections: Clothing, How Did They Make it? Part IVb: Cloth Money
April 9, 2021 17 Minutes This is the second half of the fourth part of our four part (I, II, III, IVa) look at the production of textiles, particularly wool and linen, in the pre-modern world. Last time, we looked at commercial textile workers and the finishing processes for textiles (fulling, dyeing, etc) which generally took place in a commercial context. This week, we are going to look at the other major element of the commercial textile trade, which were the merchants who traded in textiles both rare and common. As always, if you enjoy the yarn I am spinning for you here, please...