Encyclopedia article on weaving from the 5th edition of Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. It explains the principles of the loom: warp and weft, shed formation, shafts and treadles, reed, take-up and warp beam. It covers the means of pattern weaving (shaft machine, Jacquard harness, brocade, double cloth, gauze, pile fabrics, hollow weaves), power looms versus hand looms, and warp preparation (winding, warping, beaming, sizing, drawing-in). A historical section traces weaving from prehistoric finds through Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium and the Orient to European medieval and later production and the invention of the power loom, with a bibliography of German textbooks. A plate shows 24 historical fabrics.

Type

Article

Date

1897

Language

German

Pages

6