A Complete Dictionary Of Dry Goods And History Of Silk, Linen, Wool And Other Fibrous Substances

It were vain to search for the origin of Weaving amidst the darkness of remote ages, although there can be no doubt of its having an equal claim to antiquity with any of · the other arts, which contribuse either to the necessaries, the comforts, or the luxuries of the human race. In the state of nature, the wants of man are comparatively few, and are usually supplied by the most simple and obvious means; yet there is scarcely a nation or tribe to be found in the savage state, however rude or uncultivated, who bave not some notions of interweaving fibrous substances into cloth, either for ornament or use; and many of the productions of these_ people display no common degree of ingenuity.. It is not, however, till nations have emerged &om a state of barbarism, advanced considerably in civilization, and begun to indulge in the pleasures of luxury, that the useful and ornamental arts are cultivated with assiduity, and brought to their most refined state of perfection.

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Chapter I - Construction of Loom Mountings

Chapter II - Tweeling

Chapter III - Lined Work

Chapter IV - Dornic and Diaper

Chapter V - Double Cloth

Chapter VI - The Manufacture of Corduroys, Velvets, Thicksests

Chapter VII - Crossed Warps

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