Designing and Colouring of Scotch Tweeds
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A paper by Thomas Welsh of Hawick, read at a Textile Institute congress in 1912, on how Scotch tweeds are designed, colored and sold. It covers the history of the tweed trade, the making of trial ranges of 25 to 30 designs in graded colors, end-and-end patterns, and the construction of reversible double cloths with a centre tying warp (with sections and an 8-shaft weaving draft). It also discusses wool types such as Cheviot and Saxony, the cost of pattern ranges, and design trends, and it ends with a recorded discussion among manufacturers and teachers.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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