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Double Weaving on Eight Harnesses
Double Weaving on Eight Harnesses
Cornelia Stone · Weaver, July-August 1941
Article · 2 pages · weaving drafts
Cornelia Stone describes double weaving on eight harnesses, based on directions in an 1849 Baltimore instruction book by Abslam Hecht headed "Draft for Double Coverlets and Carpets." She explains her trial threadings, the 16-treadle complete tie-up and her reduced ten-treadle version, and gives details of a drapery fabric in John Landes pattern No. 63 doubled, woven in natural and red linen. The second page carries the drafts, including complete and short tie-ups and the Hecht drafts. The scan also includes the end of a rebuttal piece, "It's Pretty—But Is It 'Art?'"
Old Coverlets I Have Known
Old Coverlets I Have Known
Cornelia Stone · Weaver, October 1936
Article · 5 pages · weaving drafts
An article by Cornelia Stone describing four old coverlets and blankets she examined or owned, including an 1849 Illinois overshot coverlet woven by George Bass, a combined 'Double Bow-Knot and Chariot Wheel' overshot coverlet, a 'Fish in the Pond' Summer and Winter coverlet, and a rose, blue and white all-wool blanket. It gives drafts, treadling tables, border suggestions, thread counts and sett (24 to 30 per inch) for reproducing each piece, with notes on yarns and colors. Includes local history and an old 'Way to Cure Love' verse dated 1828.

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