The art of weaving, by hand and by power, : with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times. For the use of manufacturers and others. (1844)
Gilroy, Clinton G · New York: : George D. Baldwin · leaf 27
rch-ment scroll, found among the curiosities of Sesac, founder of theEgyptian dynasty, (who reigned thirty-four years.) But from thedilapidated state of the document, and the draughtsman (AlexisKersivenus of Alexandria) not being a weaver himself, we fear it isnot in every particular like the… … is a representation of the loom, &c., which is of vertical construction,and seems to have been chiefly applied to the manufacture of plaids INTRODUCTION. 19 and chequers : the patterns of which were most probably suggestedby the interlacing of bark or stripes of broad leaved plants. Indeedthe…
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