Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine / Bryan Rotherham.
Published / Created:
England, 1897.
Physical Description:
1 volume ([131] leaves) : illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:10220253
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
With the decline of the woolen-cloth trade Coventry turned in the 18th century to silk weaving; between about 1765 and 1857, silk was the dominant industry in the city, the Jacquard mechanism being introduced in the early 19th century. In the second half of that century Coventry experienced a revival in silk weaving led by Thomas Stevens, inventor of the "Stevengraph."
Subject Terms:
Weaving -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Jacquard weaving. | Looms. | Silk industry -- Great Britain. | Textile design -- Great Britain. | Textile fabrics -- Specimens.
