Calculations and tables, connected with the art of weaving
An unsigned English manual of weaving calculations and tables, undated and without imprint, compiled around 1700 for handloom weavers and pattern drafters and now held by the Clark Art Institute Library. The 425 plates are printed squared grids — ruled point paper for setting out cloth patterns — varying in mesh density, ink weight and page proportion, useful as ready-made graph textures, halftone-like fields, and backgrounds for charted lettering or pattern work.
