Technology of textile design. A practical treatise on the construction and application of weaves for all textile fabrics... Containing also an appendix describing all the latest methods and improvements in designing and manufacturing (1890)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia, E.A. Posselt; London, S. Low, Marston · leaf 273
he threads in one system are harder twisted than in the other, the hard-twisted threadsarc generally the warp system. If the sample submitted for analyzing has what is technically known as a face-finish(kersey, beaver, doeskin, broadcloth, etc.), the direction of the nap indicates the warp. The… … Fig. 1009. If the fabric has cotton yarn for one system of threads and woolen for the other (as in unionfabrics), the cotton yarn is generally the warp yarn. If in the sample submitted for analysis the one system of threads is found to have been sizedor starched, and not the other, the former is…
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