Weaving drafts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Diagrams for setting up shaft looms to construct particular weaves. Traditonally drawn up on point paper or some other kind of paper with preprinted lines, they show at least one weave unit of the cloth to be woven. A complete set of them instructs the weaver how to plot the drawing in of the warp, connect the shafts and treadles, the order in which the treadles are to be used, the interlacement of warp and weft, and the transverse section of the weave.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of patterns for weaving, probably on a draw-loom, and apparently for linen or damask, set out in a notebook
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.970
Dates:
18th century.
Patterns for weaving, probably on a draw-loom, and apparently for linen or damask, set out in a notebook.
File
Identifier: MS.2557
Scope and Contents
Most of the patterns are named, for example, "Nebuchadnezzar's Dream in 16 leaves", "The Hare's Foot in 16 leaves", and from the names of several of them, such as "Gartshore's", "Pagan's", "Dunlop's", they would appear to be Scottish.
Dates:
18th century.