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Colour in woven design (1890)

Beaumont, Roberts, 1862-1924 · London : Whittaker & Co. ; New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 228

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le supplied on Plate XVI. a white warp andfawn weft have been employed. Now in an ordinary twillsuch colouring would not give any form of check whatever,so that this is quite a distinct principle of checking. It isone that is applied to worsted, silk, and cotton, but not towoollen textures to any… … PLATE XVI. CHECK PATTERNS. 177 tricate. If this is well constructed it will yield a shadedpattern, though the warp and weft yarns be of preciselythe same colour, size, and quality. When this sort ofshade is formed, it must, however, be produced in yarns ofhigh reflective powers, such as worsted and…

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