A 1893 brochure by Thomas Wardle, read in 1891 before the Weaving and Power-Loom Committee of the Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland, urging British silk manufacturers to adopt power-loom weaving as Lyons manufacturers had. It describes power-loomed fabrics seen at the Chantiers de la Buire, with numbered samples (foulard, surah, damask, gauze, faille, pekin, velours, moiré antique, bengaline, trousering). Each sample has a table of weaving price, wages paid to women, warp and weft, width, daily output, shuttle speed and loom cost. Later sections describe the Laeserson and Wilkes perfected loom (harness, dobby, let-off, picking), a new American loom for narrow goods, and an improved Jacquard machine, with engravings and advertisements for machinery makers.

Type

Book

Date

1893

Language

English

Pages

55