Katherine Larson | Department of Scandinavian Studies

Affiliate Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Fields of Interest

17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies History Medieval Science and Technology Textile History

Biography

Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Studies: History of Scandinavia, Textiles & Technology, University of Washington, 2011

Katherine Larson is the author of The Woven Coverlets of Norway (University of Washington Press, 2001; recipient of the R. L. Shep award). Her focus is Scandinavian women’s history as it intersects with the history of textiles and textile technology. Her current research concerns the ancient warp-weighted loom and its anomalous survival in 20th century Norway.

Research

Selected Research

Larson, Katherine and Marta K. Juuhl. "Norwegian double-cloth: warp-weighted loom experiments in a complicated technique." Archaeological Textiles Review, No. 64, 2022, pp. 92-109. Download PDF
Larson, Katherine. "Weaving in the Dark? Hearth-House Weaving on a Warp-Weighted Loom." The Warp-Weighted Loom, Kljásteinavefstadurinn, Oppstadveven, edited by Randi Andersen and Atle Ove Martinussen. Skald Forlag and Museumssenteret i Hordaland, 2016, pp. 242-249.
Larson, Katherine. "Double-cloth coverlets and the warp-weighted loom: observations and experimental findings." Kulturgjenstander og gjenstandskultur, Norsk Folkemuseum Årbok By og Bygd 46, edited by Audun Kjus, Kristina Skåden and Kari Telste. Museumforlaget, 2015, pp. 159-230.
Larson, Katherine L. Norwegian Double-Weave and the Warp-Weighted Loom: The Northern Gudbrandsdal Tradition. 2011. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.