Practical and descriptive essays on the art of weaving
A weaver's technical manual on loom work, written by John Duncan and printed in Glasgow and London in 1808 for tradesmen and mill operators learning cloth construction. The engraved plates pair numbered drafting grids of filled and empty squares with diagrams of interlacing warp and weft bands, giving designers ready-made checkerboard patterns, modular grid notation, and striped hatching.
