Bodies were once used to measure cloth. From the tip of the nose to the outstretched hand measured the length of a yard. The arms that measured were typically those of merchants and traders: men who oversaw quality. If you oversaw quality, you also determined what to reject. Much like today, profit (when it is to be made) typically accrues in the late stages of textile production. What can we know of the bodies who laboured in the early stages of textile manufacturing, before the tip of the nose to the outstretched hand measured a length of cloth? What hopes, or desires, existed in the bodies who worked in conditions none would freely choose?  ...