Oriental carpets, runners and rugs and some Jacquard reproductions .. (1910)
Humphries, Sydney, 1862-1941 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 252
f all countries.The old process of dyeing by hand, or without the use of any kindof machine-vat, has been practised for considerably over a century inthe carpet factory in connection with which the information con-tained in this volume is derived. The process is simple and interest-ing. The… … Carpets Runners and Rugs yarn (240 lb.), half a pack (120 lb.), and a quarter pack (60 lb.) —being filled with pure water from an artesian well, are brought toboiling point by means of steam ; the dye materials are placed in thevats ; and the skeins of yarn hanging from wooden poles resting onthe…
Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 1752-1834 · `Abbas I, Shah of Iran, 1571-1629 · Rugs, Oriental
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