Design and Construction of Narrow Woven Fabrics
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Article from The Melliand (May 1930) by Edwin J. Gibbons on designing and constructing woven name labels made on Jacquard drop-lay looms. It explains laying out designs on point paper, working out ends and picks, spacing letters, and painting figure and ground weaves. It also covers weaving face down and backwards, card cutting and arrangement, take-up control, stitching of extra filling picks, rayon and silk fillings, extra warp for figure, and a 5-harness satin rayon label. Illustrated with label photographs, a Jacquard card, and design grids.
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