An encyclopedia article on the technique of weaving (Tissage, section II) from the Grande Encyclopédie. It describes the hand loom and its three basic actions (shedding, passing the weft, beating up), the harness with heddles, treadles and levers, the dobby (mécanique d'armure) and Jacquard mechanisms, and works through a bird's-eye (oeil de mouche) towel with chevron borders as a draft example. It closes with the history and operation of the power loom, covering the regulator, the picking mechanism, cam-driven treadles, multiple-shuttle boxes and safety devices.

Type

Article

Date

1902

Language

French

Pages

5

Weaving drafts

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