Two pages from The Textile Mercury of 31 January 1891 (p. 81) with a trade-journal column on cloth design. It gives pegging plans and drafts with warp and weft counts, reed and color arrangements for union cloths of linen and cotton, and for fancy stripe and fancy dress goods for spring. A technical piece on the finishing of woollen cloths explains how weave structure (two-and-two twill, four-and-four twill, weft rib, double plain) affects shrinkage and milling, and how yarn twist direction relates to twill direction. The pages also open with a letter on drawing-frame draughts and a New York report on the Passavant glove appraisal case.

Type

Article

Date

1891

Language

English

Pages

2

Weaving drafts

on 2 pages: 1, 2

Archive notes

Digital photography.