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Silk weaving in Valencia
A silk weaving technology and industry system formed in Valencia in the 13th-14th centuries, inheriting the Islamic silk-weaving tradition of Andalus…
Timeline
- 1238–1300Valencia · Valencian CommunityAfter James I conquered Valencia, the skills of local Muslim and Jewish weavers were preserved; mulberry cultivation and reeling workshops expanded in the city's outskirts, and silk became an important export commodity of the kingdom.
- 1331–1340Valencia silk market (predecessor workshop district of the Lonja de la Seda) · Valencian CommunityDuring the reign of Peter IV, the Valencia silk-weavers' guild (velluters) regulated dyeing formulas, loom specifications, and apprenticeship systems; brocades and velvets were shipped through Mediterranean ports to Genoa, Florence, and the Maghreb, with technical standards among the highest in Western Europe.
- 1483–1600Valencia Silk Exchange · Valencian CommunityFrom the late 15th to the 16th century, Valencia built the Silk Exchange (Lonja de la Seda), concentrating the trading, inspection, and export of silk, marking the peak of Valencian silk-weaving technology and commercial organization in the early modern period.
Sources
- La seda en Valencia: Historia de una industria — Gual Camarena, Miguel (1968)
- The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice — Mueller, Luca (1999)