Technology of textile design. A complete and practical treatise on the construction and application of the various weaves used in the manufacture of all textile fabrics covering harness and Jacquard work. Cotton, wool, worsted and silk goods. . . .

Published by Textile Publishing Co., [1897]., Philadelphia:, 1897

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Tall 8vo. 324 pp. Over 1500 text illustrations, diagrams, weaving diagrams, numerous illustrated ads. Black pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover & spine (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), w/ notes, clippings, & postcard laid-in from the library of Elisa Serin (b. 1887), silk weaver, married to Maurice Serin, foreman of the Allentown, PA plant of Broad Silk Mills. Early printing of this scarce and important guide intended to provide reference for 19th-century weaving students, and textile manufacturers. Posselt (1858-1921), emigrated from Austria after managing his father's textile mills, and was a designer in mills all over New England and Pennsylvania. He became the first director in 1884 of the first successful textile school in the U.S., and later became editor of the Textile Record of North America, the foremost journal on textile design and manufacturing at the end of the 19th-Century. Although his many works on textile machinery and manufacturing are now primarily of historical interest, this well-illustrated work on weaving and loom design is still relevant, and considered some of the most important books on textile design ever published. See: Ralph Griswold, Emanuel Anthony Posselt (2004).

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Title
Technology of textile design. A complete and practical treatise on the construction and application of the various weaves used in the manufacture of all textile fabrics covering harness and Jacquard work. Cotton, wool, worsted and silk goods. . . .
Author
[TEXTILES -- WEAVING]. POSSELT, E.[manuel] A.[nthony].
Publisher
Textile Publishing Co., [1897]., Philadelphia:
Publication year
1897
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Soft cover
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