Eighteenth Century Weaver's Pattern Book
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An article by R. J. Charleston describing an eighteenth-century weaver's pattern book kept at the Blaise Castle House Museum near Bristol. The book belonged to Timothy Bent, a Gloucestershire linen weaver, and mixes weaving drafts with riddles, recipes and verses. The article discusses the more than sixty pattern drafts, their names (Huckaback, Calomanco, Bird's Eye, Dubble Sink and Cater, and others), and how the attached fabric samples compare with the drafts. It closes with a short history of the Gloucestershire linen-weaving industry and its decline by about 1890. Photographs of samples and plates reproducing numbered drafts 1-61 with captions are included.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1952
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 18
- Weaving drafts
- on 11 pages: 1, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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