Keywords: bookid:tapestry00cham bookidtapestry00cham bookyear:1878 bookyear1878 bookdecade:1870 bookdecade1870 bookcentury:1800 bookcentury1800 bookauthor:champeaux__alfred_de__1833_1903 bookauthorchampeauxalfredde18331903 bookauthor:sketchley__richard_foster__mrs bookauthorsketchleyrichardfostermrs booksubject:tapestry booksubjecttapestry bookpublisher:_london__pub__for_the_committee_of_council_on_education_by_chapman_and_hall bookpublisherlondonpubforthecommitteeofcounciloneducationbychapmanandhall bookcontributor:smithsonian_libraries bookcontributorsmithsonianlibraries booksponsor:smithsonian_libraries booksponsorsmithsonianlibraries bookleafnumber:19 bookleafnumber19 bookcollection:smithsonian bookcollectionsmithsonian monochrome drawing sketch text bookid:tapestry00cham bookidtapestry00cham bookyear:1878 bookyear1878 bookdecade:1870 bookdecade1870 bookcentury:1800 bookcentury1800 bookauthor:champeaux__alfred_de__1833_1903 bookauthorchampeauxalfredde18331903 bookauthor:sketchley__richard_foster__mrs bookauthorsketchleyrichardfostermrs booksubject:tapestry booksubjecttapestry bookpublisher:_london__pub__for_the_committee_of_council_on_education_by_chapman_and_hall bookpublisherlondonpubforthecommitteeofcounciloneducationbychapmanandhall bookcontributor:smithsonian_libraries bookcontributorsmithsonianlibraries booksponsor:smithsonian_libraries booksponsorsmithsonianlibraries bookleafnumber:19 bookleafnumber19 bookcollection:smithsonian bookcollectionsmithsonian monochrome drawing sketch text Identifier: tapestry00cham Title: Tapestry Year: 1878 (1870s) Authors: Champeaux, Alfred de, 1833-1903 Sketchley, Richard Foster, Mrs Subjects: Tapestry Publisher: [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: on the front of the warpa ring the diameter of which is according to the height of the TAPESTRY. pile; a round wire, sharp at one end, is then passed through thisring or loop, and a row of rings is formed on it by the repetition of the stitch. By draw-ing the wire from left toright all these loops arecut, and the pile isformed. When a rowof stitches is thus com-pleted, the workmanbinds them by meansof a strong hempenthread thrown betweenthe two leaves of thewarp, and placed abovethe stitches. He thenintersects the threads ofthe warp by anotherhempen thread, formingthe weft; and to do thathe advances, by meansof the coats, the threadsthat are behind ; hepasses the woof betweenthe two rows of threads,and allows the hinderones to resume theirformer place. In thismanner each of thestitches is, as it were,linked together. Thisbeing done, he strikesthe stitches and thehempen threads with the comb, and these latter are thus forcedinside the fabric so as to be invisible. Then the clipping or Text Appearing After Image: MODE OF MANUFACTURING THE CARPETS OF THESAVONNERIE AUX GOBELINS. TAPESTRY. 7 •shaving of the carpet takes place, which is necessary from theunequal length of the ends of wool left in cutting the loops of thepile. This operation requires much precision on the part of theworkman, and has an important bearing on the beauty of thecarpet. The productions of the Savonnerie being generally largerthan the other pieces of Gobelins tapestry, the looms in whichthey are made are also larger, and allow of several workmenbeing engaged at the same time, thereby accelerating the progressof the work. Low-warp {basse In the low-warp loom, which is that generallylust) looms. use(j ^y ^ weaverj the cylinders, which are placed horizontally, are inserted in two wooden cheeks (jumelles), whichare supported by uprights, as in the high-warp loom. Round oneof these cylinders is placed the warp, and the web as it progressesis rolled on the second, in the same way as in high-warp weaving.The coats are supporte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: tapestry00cham Title: Tapestry Year: 1878 (1870s) Authors: Champeaux, Alfred de, 1833-1903 Sketchley, Richard Foster, Mrs Subjects: Tapestry Publisher: [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: on the front of the warpa ring the diameter of which is according to the height of the TAPESTRY. pile; a round wire, sharp at one end, is then passed through thisring or loop, and a row of rings is formed on it by the repetition of the stitch. By draw-ing the wire from left toright all these loops arecut, and the pile isformed. When a rowof stitches is thus com-pleted, the workmanbinds them by meansof a strong hempenthread thrown betweenthe two leaves of thewarp, and placed abovethe stitches. He thenintersects the threads ofthe warp by anotherhempen thread, formingthe weft; and to do thathe advances, by meansof the coats, the threadsthat are behind ; hepasses the woof betweenthe two rows of threads,and allows the hinderones to resume theirformer place. In thismanner each of thestitches is, as it were,linked together. Thisbeing done, he strikesthe stitches and thehempen threads with the comb, and these latter are thus forcedinside the fabric so as to be invisible. Then the clipping or Text Appearing After Image: MODE OF MANUFACTURING THE CARPETS OF THESAVONNERIE AUX GOBELINS. TAPESTRY. 7 •shaving of the carpet takes place, which is necessary from theunequal length of the ends of wool left in cutting the loops of thepile. This operation requires much precision on the part of theworkman, and has an important bearing on the beauty of thecarpet. The productions of the Savonnerie being generally largerthan the other pieces of Gobelins tapestry, the looms in whichthey are made are also larger, and allow of several workmenbeing engaged at the same time, thereby accelerating the progressof the work. Low-warp {basse In the low-warp loom, which is that generallylust) looms. use(j ^y ^ weaverj the cylinders, which are placed horizontally, are inserted in two wooden cheeks (jumelles), whichare supported by uprights, as in the high-warp loom. Round oneof these cylinders is placed the warp, and the web as it progressesis rolled on the second, in the same way as in high-warp weaving.The coats are supporte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: tapestry00cham Title: Tapestry Year: 1878 (1870s) Authors: Champeaux, Alfred de, 1833-1903 Sketchley, Richard Foster, Mrs Subjects: Tapestry Publisher: [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: on the front of the warpa ring the diameter of which is according to the height of the TAPESTRY. pile; a round wire, sharp at one end, is then passed through thisring or loop, and a row of rings is formed on it by the repetition of the stitch. By draw-ing the wire from left toright all these loops arecut, and the pile isformed. When a rowof stitches is thus com-pleted, the workmanbinds them by meansof a strong hempenthread thrown betweenthe two leaves of thewarp, and placed abovethe stitches. He thenintersects the threads ofthe warp by anotherhempen thread, formingthe weft; and to do thathe advances, by meansof the coats, the threadsthat are behind ; hepasses the woof betweenthe two rows of threads,and allows the hinderones to resume theirformer place. In thismanner each of thestitches is, as it were,linked together. Thisbeing done, he strikesthe stitches and thehempen threads with the comb, and these latter are thus forcedinside the fabric so as to be invisible. Then the clipping or Text Appearing After Image: MODE OF MANUFACTURING THE CARPETS OF THESAVONNERIE AUX GOBELINS. TAPESTRY. 7 •shaving of the carpet takes place, which is necessary from theunequal length of the ends of wool left in cutting the loops of thepile. This operation requires much precision on the part of theworkman, and has an important bearing on the beauty of thecarpet. The productions of the Savonnerie being generally largerthan the other pieces of Gobelins tapestry, the looms in whichthey are made are also larger, and allow of several workmenbeing engaged at the same time, thereby accelerating the progressof the work. Low-warp {basse In the low-warp loom, which is that generallylust) looms. use(j ^y ^ weaverj the cylinders, which are placed horizontally, are inserted in two wooden cheeks (jumelles), whichare supported by uprights, as in the high-warp loom. Round oneof these cylinders is placed the warp, and the web as it progressesis rolled on the second, in the same way as in high-warp weaving.The coats are supporte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: tapestry00cham Title: Tapestry Year: 1878 (1870s) Authors: Champeaux, Alfred de, 1833-1903 Sketchley, Richard Foster, Mrs Subjects: Tapestry Publisher: [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: on the front of the warpa ring the diameter of which is according to the height of the TAPESTRY. pile; a round wire, sharp at one end, is then passed through thisring or loop, and a row of rings is formed on it by the repetition of the stitch. By draw-ing the wire from left toright all these loops arecut, and the pile isformed. When a rowof stitches is thus com-pleted, the workmanbinds them by meansof a strong hempenthread thrown betweenthe two leaves of thewarp, and placed abovethe stitches. He thenintersects the threads ofthe warp by anotherhempen thread, formingthe weft; and to do thathe advances, by meansof the coats, the threadsthat are behind ; hepasses the woof betweenthe two rows of threads,and allows the hinderones to resume theirformer place. In thismanner each of thestitches is, as it were,linked together. Thisbeing done, he strikesthe stitches and thehempen threads with the comb, and these latter are thus forcedinside the fabric so as to be invisible. Then the clipping or Text Appearing After Image: MODE OF MANUFACTURING THE CARPETS OF THESAVONNERIE AUX GOBELINS. TAPESTRY. 7 •shaving of the carpet takes place, which is necessary from theunequal length of the ends of wool left in cutting the loops of thepile. This operation requires much precision on the part of theworkman, and has an important bearing on the beauty of thecarpet. The productions of the Savonnerie being generally largerthan the other pieces of Gobelins tapestry, the looms in whichthey are made are also larger, and allow of several workmenbeing engaged at the same time, thereby accelerating the progressof the work. Low-warp {basse In the low-warp loom, which is that generallylust) looms. use(j ^y ^ weaverj the cylinders, which are placed horizontally, are inserted in two wooden cheeks (jumelles), whichare supported by uprights, as in the high-warp loom. Round oneof these cylinders is placed the warp, and the web as it progressesis rolled on the second, in the same way as in high-warp weaving.The coats are supporte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |