Introduction 1.Origins，Transmission，and Future 2.Classification of Looms East Asia 3.Early Chinese Looms 4.Cloth Production in Ancient Tianluoshan 5.Chinese Imperial Workshop Looms 6.Minority Looms of Southwest China 7.Japanese，Ainu，and Korean Looms 8.Voice of the Weaver：Hangzhou Southeast Asia 9.Mainland Southeast Asian Looms 10.Insular Southeast Asian Looms 11.Voice of the Weaver：Palembang and Muang Kham South Asia 12.Indian Looms 13.Voice of the Weaver：Varanasi Central and Southwest Asia 14.Central and West Asian Looms 15.Traditional Weaving of Uzbeldstan 16.Voice of the Weaver：Margilan and Ardakan Africa 17.African Looms 18.Madagascan Looms 19.Voice of the Weaver：Analamanga，Ambalavao，and Tema Europe 20.Ancient European Looms 21.Voice of the Weaver：Two Ancient Tales The Americas 22.The Andean Loom and the Making of Four-Selvedged Cloth 23.Voice of the Weaver：Cusco The Jacquard Loom and After 24.The Development of the Jacquard Loom Catalog East Asia：Archaeological Evidence from China East Asia：Present-Day Looms from China East Asia：The Korean Peninsula Mainland Southeast Asia Insular Southeast Asia South Asia Central and Southwest Asia Africa Europe The Americas The Jacquard Loom and After Glossary Bibliography
