Weaving
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A single page from Chambers's Encyclopedia (1881) on weaving, dealing with the introduction of convex weaving by machinery in 1867. It describes a patent convex power loom built for the Convex Weaving Company in New York under M. Opper, used mainly for woven ladies' stays (corsets). The article compares output with the hand-loom (about four pair of stays a day versus 40) and notes the use of the Jacquard to restrict the weft to part of the warp width when weaving gores.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1881
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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