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A cotton fabrics glossary (1914)

Frank P. Bennett & Co · Boston, New York, Frank P. Bennett · leaf 465

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lass of patterns, whose chief fea-ture is the zigzag stripe extendingacross the cloth in the direction ofthe weft. The size and elaborate effect of thispattern make it resemble a jacquardeffect, but it can in fact be producedon a comparatively low number of har-nesses. Fig. 2 shows the full design,… … Fig. 1. weave and form a single cloth; butthe stripes themselves (figure) areformed by lowering all the fine threads(marked | at top of full design. Fig. 2)and raising all the coarse threads(marked . ) to the surface of the clothand thus forming a double cloth, witheach of the two single cloths…

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