Day at a Scotch Carpet-Factory
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An 1843 Penny Magazine supplement describing a visit to a carpet factory at Port Eglinton, Glasgow. It follows the process from wool sorting, combing, drawing, roving and spinning through weaving of Scotch (double-cloth), Brussels (looped-pile, wire-woven) and Persian/Turkey-style knotted rugs, to shearing. It clarifies carpet naming (Scotch, Kidderminster, Wilton, Brussels, Turkey, Venetian), mentions Kilmarnock's carpet industry, and ends with sections on Paisley shawls and Highland tartans, including Jacquard and draw-boy looms. Illustrated with engravings of looms and machines.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- August 1843
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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