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An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork, & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth (1900)

Strange, Thomas Arthur · London : McCorquodale, New York, Scribner · leaf 152

An illustration from An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork, & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth, 1900, leaf 152 — the carpet takes place, which isnecessary from the unequal length of the ends of wool leftin cutting the loops of the pile. This operation requiresmuch precision on the part of the workman, and has animportant bearing on the beauty of the carpet. Theproductions of the Savonnerie being generally… … No. 4. Side from which the Tapesty artistworks. As regards the low-warp loom, which is used byweavers who produce their work on a commercial basis,I must refer the reader to a work treating on tapestrygenerally. The high-warp was only made at the Gobelins,and it is more suitable for the carrying…

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