The history and principles of weaving by hand and by power (1879)
Barlow, Alfred · London S. Low · leaf 360
wn in Fig. 1, requires 160 Jacquard cards, each 30 inches long by 2£ inches wide. Before these cards could be punched for the produc- tion of the small figures or flowers, with the borders annexed, the design and draft have to be completed, and the amount of labour necessary, even for so small a… … Fig. 3. the lace shown in Fig. 1. Thus in both the figures, 3 and 4, only l-50th of the design and draft are represented. In other words the whole of the two figures, 3 and 4, shown, merely represent one quarter of an inch square, of the lace in Fig. 1. Consequently for the production of lace of…
Hand weaving · Textile machinery
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