hilatura - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 14:58:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg hilatura - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Weaving establishments and number of looms in Catalonia, by judicial districts, in 1841 https://historylab.es/weaving-establishments-and-number-of-looms-in-catalonia-by-judicial-districts-in-1841/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weaving-establishments-and-number-of-looms-in-catalonia-by-judicial-districts-in-1841 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:57 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/establecimientos-de-tejidos-y-numero-de-telares-en-cataluna-por-partidos-judiciales-en-1841/ Establishments in Barcelona, Gerona and Lleida of the looms in 1841

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]]> Until the 1970s, the eighteenth-century Indian factories had constituted the continuity of Catalan industry during the nineteenth century. In this sense, Catalan industrialisation did not respond to an exclusive Barcelona model, but rather emerged as a response to the diverse productive structures of the territory, combining the new fibre with new technologies. Nevertheless, cotton reinforced Barcelona in the industry by being the point of entry and distribution. The geography of cotton spinning was completed with another geography of weaving: hand weaving. Spinning and weaving, at least in the Catalonia of the bergadanas, were two sides of the same coin. Spinning and weaving complemented each other, although the weight of the weaving did not coincide with that of the spinning. It is therefore necessary to place hand weaving in its rightful place, using the statistics on Catalonia in 1841 as a starting point.

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]]> Monthly wages in spinning and weaving in Catalonia according to the type of spinning, in 1841 (reals of fleece) https://historylab.es/monthly-wages-in-spinning-and-weaving-in-catalonia-according-to-the-type-of-spinning-in-1841-reals-of-fleece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monthly-wages-in-spinning-and-weaving-in-catalonia-according-to-the-type-of-spinning-in-1841-reals-of-fleece Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:57 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/salarios-mensuales-en-la-hilatura-y-el-tejido-en-cataluna-segun-el-tipo-de-hilatura-en-1841-reales-de-vellon/ Differentiated monthly wages in the spinning of Catalan fabric in 1841, expressed in reals of fleece

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]]> Until the 1970s, the eighteenth-century Indian factories had constituted the continuity of Catalan industry during the nineteenth century. In this sense, Catalan industrialisation did not respond to an exclusive Barcelona model, but rather emerged as a response to the diverse productive structures of the territory, combining the new fibre with new technologies. Nevertheless, cotton reinforced Barcelona in the industry by being the point of entry and distribution. Although there are certain inconsistencies in the different areas, the data are fairly homogeneous. In the area of spinning with mules, wages were much higher. Men earned 272-298 reais as opposed to women, who earned 116-146 while a child earned between 50-59 reais; in the berdagana zones men earned between 146-164, women 59.2-76.8 and children between 33.4-33.6.something similar happened with weaving, since based on the average of the prices of the different parties, men in the mule area charged 62% more than those in the berdeganas area, women 70% more and children 47% more. In weaving, men were paid 28.9% more, women 100% more and children 26.5% more. In Manresa, all salaries were in an intermediate position, while in Reus, weavers were close to Barcelona salaries. Therefore, there were significant wage differences from one area to another.

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