Designing
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Two pages from The Textile Mercury, 29 March 1890, with the "Designing" column presenting new fabric designs with drawdowns, drafts and pegging plans. Covers a Dhootie border from Lahore, Scotch tweed designs using the two-and-two and four-end twills with colour effects (Design 57), worsted designs 58-60 including corkscrew weave modifications, and a six-shaft cotton shirting (No. 1) with draft and pegging plan. Also includes sett and yarn particulars and colouring suggestions. The first page also carries an article on olein (oils used in wool batching and soap) and short dyeing recipes for blacks, and a note on "noir réduit" for calico printing.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1890
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Weaving drafts
- on 2 pages: 1, 2
- Archive notes
- Digital photography.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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