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Revised edition of Textile design book. A practical composition for the construction of new designs

Jansen, Emil. [from old catalog] · 1898 · Paterson, N.J. · 154 pictures

A weaving manual by Emil Jansen, published at Paterson, New Jersey, in 1898 for mill designers and loom operators working in the silk trade. The plates are black-and-white point-paper grids, each square a thread intersection, building diamonds, checks, stars and scattered spot repeats that can be read as ready-made halftone textures, pixel patterns or tiling motifs.

Textile design · Decoration and ornament

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0