Article · 4 pages · weaving drafts
A 1931 trade-journal article describing Flamengo, a Parisian mixture dress fabric with an acetate plain-weave ground warp, an extra viscose figure warp and a worsted crepe filling. It covers dobby loom setup, the 6-end ground to 1-end figure arrangement, reeding, drawing-in on 12 harnesses, float length limits and weaving precautions. Thirteen extra-warp patterns are shown as swatch photographs and as a drawdown, with one design drawn out in full with its draft, reeding and chain draft.