Textiles; a handbook for the student and the consumer (1913)
Woolman, Mary Schenck, b. 1860, McGowan, Ellen Beers, b. 1873 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 70
was made, instead of the rug lengths of an earlier period. Our colonial loom was like the European hand loom, and the weav- ing was at first done in the homes. It is estimated that there were in this country one hundred twenty-five or more years ago about three and a half million spinning wheels,… … FIG. 35. — PRIMITIVE HEDDLES. From Watson's Textiles and Clothing, by courtesy of The American School of Home Economics. a few fulling mills were opened. Thus began our textile in- dustry of to-day. The hand loom was used until about 1850. The Parts of the Hand Loom (Fig. 34) were as follows: (i)…
Textile fabrics
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