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The art of weaving, by hand and by power (1844)

Gilroy, Clinton G · New York, G. D. Baldwin · leaf 298

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if it were coloured, would produce. in thecourse of fabricating the cloth, a diagonal line across it. The man-ufacture of lace, therefore, differs from piain weaving, in this, thatthe threads of the warp are not alternately raised and depressed,for the purpose of introducing the weft, but are… … Fig. 133 will give the reader a more correct idea of the natureor mode of maniifacturing this species of texture, by the crossing ortwining of the warp and weft-threads together. This specimen shows,upon a magnified or enlarged scale, how the fabric is produced fromthe conjunction of three threads…

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