A Japanese-language textbook on woven fabric structure (Orimono soshiki hen), compiled by Yoshida Kiju, reviewed by Otake Taki and published by the Dai Nihon Orimono Kyokai (Greater Japan Textile Association) in 1903. It covers the basics of design paper, heddle and treadle arrangements, dobby and peg plans, and loom heddle mechanisms. It then treats the foundation weaves (plain, twill, satin) and their derivatives, combined and special weaves, the relation of colored yarns to structure, double cloth, pile and velvet weaves, corduroy, and gauze-like (leno) weaves. The book has several hundred numbered figures, many of them weave drafts and drawdowns, with English technical equivalents in a glossary appendix. The scan also includes the association's rules and advertisements for dyestuff dealers.

Type

Book

Date

1903

Language

Japanese

Pages

484

Weaving drafts

on 230 pages: 30, 32, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54  and 218 more

Archive notes

Book reads from back to front