Labor-saving looms : a brief treatise on plain weaving and the recent improvements in that line, with special reference to the Northrup looms manufactured by Draper company, Hopedale, Mass., U. S. A. (1904)
Draper, George Otis, 1867-1923 · Milford, Mass. : Printed by Cook & sons · leaf 19
rogress.It is fairlv well established to-day that woven goods were usedas clothing bv the ancient Egvptians fully 6000 years ago. Ihave seen in vSwitzerland a preserved section f)f a net woven of twisted threads supposed to havebeen the work of the Lake dwellersin pre-historic times. In the… … to-day in producing rug-.s in the Orient with short wefts. Withthe use of longer weft also came the use of a stick with ahooked end for pulling it into position. If we are to form ourfurther comparisons on a plain print cloth of the present width ofzS inches containing 64 threads of warp and 64 of…
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