A long French encyclopedia article on the manufacture of woolen fabrics, from the properties and classification of wool to the finished cloth. It covers the wool fibre and its felting ability, the main wool-producing countries, and the French centers of manufacture (Elbeuf, Sedan, Reims, Louviers, Aubusson and others). It then describes combing, carding, spinning, fulling, teasing with teasels, shearing, pressing and finishing, and felt making, with many engraved illustrations of the machinery used at each stage.

Type

Article

Date

1891

Language

French

Pages

32