Tapestry Weaving: Its History and Technique
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An article by Luther Hooper on the history and technique of true hand-woven tapestry, contrasting it with machine-made upholstery fabrics sold under the name. It explains the simplicity of the upright tapestry loom, the warp (12 ends per inch, with pins in place of a reed), the lease or cross-rod, and heald rod, and gives construction directions for a small loom with a scale working drawing. Illustrations include the author's tapestry panel and carpet, Egyptian ornaments from a robe of Amenhetep II, a 16th-century Flemish border, and the Harrow School Lion woven on a table loom. The text continues on a later page with the end of the loom-building directions.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January-February 1932
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
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