Design in Linen Damask
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Article by George Trobridge, headmaster of the Belfast School of Art, on design for Irish linen damask. It sketches the history of the Irish linen industry and explains how damask is woven on the Jacquard loom, with pattern repeats controlled by punched cards. It then discusses the quality of commercial damask design and the efforts of the Belfast School of Art to improve it. Six black-and-white illustrations show damask designs by Robert J. Woods, Lewis F. Day, James Ward, Edwin A. Morrow and David Gould.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1900
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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