Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 152
ated weaving the two fabrics face to face, keepingthem separated by the usual pile wires of Bigelow, and passing the pilethreads from one fabric to the other. Upon cutting the two cloths apartthrough the threads uniting them, two cut pile or velvet fabrics resulted.This loom required the service of… … formed from tufts or yarns, individually tied to the foundation fabric, and ofwhich the rich Turkish and Persian rugs are examples, had not been met bythe Bigelow loom ; in fact it was only about forty-years ago that the mechan-ical production of such fabrics became possible. Smith and Skinner were…
Progress · Inventions
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