William Watson's 1913 textbook continues his Textile Design and Colour, covering compound and special cloths in which two or more series of threads are used. It treats backed cloths, double and treble cloths, wadded and centre-stitched cloths, extra weft and extra warp figuring, special jacquard and harness mountings, figured muslins and damasks, tapestry and upholstery cloths, ingrain carpets, toilet and quilt fabrics, gauze and leno, Madras gauze, lappet and swivel weaving, and weft and warp pile fabrics including Turkish towelling, Wilton, Brussels, tapestry and Axminster carpets. The book is heavily illustrated with point-paper designs, weave plans, flat views, sections, loom mechanism diagrams and fabric photographs, and ends with an index.

Type

Book

Date

1913

Language

English

Pages

470

Weaving drafts

on 208 pages: 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27  and 196 more

Archive notes

First edition. Scanned images provided by John Cropper