A practical treatise on weaving and designing of textile fabrics : with chapters on the principles of construction of the loom, calculations and colour (1879)
Ashenhurst, Thos. R. (Thomas R.) · Bradford : T. Brear ; London : Simpkin, Marshal · leaf 59
, is shown at 54 WEAVING AND DESIGNING Fig. I, and consists simply of two long loops, linked orpassed through each other, and then each passed over aflat wooden shaft, and made secure to a waxed band, knownas the ridge band, the object of which is to keep each loopin its proper place. The loops are… … Fig. 4. upper loop being knotted at a short distance from whereit links with the lower half; the kind shown at Fig. 3 has ametallic eye; and Fig. 4 is a wire heald, made of smalltwisted wire, a small loop being left in the centre for thethread to pass through, and a larger one at each end forthe…
Textile fabrics · Textile design · Weaving
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