Cantor lectures on the art of lace-making : delivered before the Society of Arts, April and May, 1881 (1881)
Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934, Society of Arts (Great Britain) · London : W. Trounce · leaf 39
e employed for each piece of lace. Sixty pieces of lace were simultaneously wrought, and thus sixty times 148 threads were brought into opera- tion. This gives a total of 8,880 threads. Now, each of these 8,880 threads had its own particular duty to perform, and I hope to be able to convey to you… … Diagram showing action of Diagram showing action of a slack, weft thread in taut weft thread in con- connection with taut nection with slack warp warp threads. threads. threads, and the other the weft or shuttle threads. Diagram of principal details in a lace-making machine. The ends of both sets…
Lace and lace making
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