The velvet and corduroy industry; a brief account of the various processes connected with the manufacture of cotton pile goods (1922)
Cooke, J. Herbert · London, New York [etc.] Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd · leaf 46
threadswere separated and a thread of yarn (locally called* weft, in America * filling) introduced betweenthe open space thus caused, the end of weft is afterwardsbound in its place by reversing the previous positionof the warp threads, and so on, one section of threadsbeing the top threads against… … Fig. 4JACQUARD VELVET WEAVING 32 VELVET AND CORDUROY INDUSTRY it is simply a matter of controlling the individualthreads forming the warp in such a manner as to causethe weft to be put in between any pre-determinednumber of threads of the warp, and thus give any desiredeffect in figure, or even…
Velvet · Cotton manufacture
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