Synopses & Reviews
To anyone concerned with the design of fabrics, the structure of the cloth is, of course, of prime importance for achieving best results and most satisfying ultimate appearance. Oelsner's A Handbook of Weaves, long the most reliable and comprehensive source of information on the subject, will save you hours of research work and offer information necessary for new cloth effects. It covers the field thoroughly from the simple draft and plain weave to the more complicated fancy weaves, with a clear, lucid text and with 1,875 working diagrams.
Just a few of the many weaves fully explained, differentiated, and illustrated in this volume are irregular, double-stitched, and filling satins; basket and rib weaves; steep, undulating, broken, offset, corkscrew, interlocking, herringbone, and fancy twills; honeycomb and lace weaves; tricot and metalassé weaves; corded, piqué, and kersey weaves; and literally hundreds more.
The outstanding section on crépe weaves (over 45 pages, 342 weaves) explains 10 different methods, including arranging other weaves, rearranging warp threads, interlocking a weave over another, drafting a weave in four squares, and transporting weaves in checkerboard order.
One of the work's most valuable features, particularly to the manufacturer, is in the section which shows with text and picture how from a simple swatch of material one may obtain the full details of construction and layout of any fabric made: weave and color patterns, number of threads per square inch, weight of cloth, sizes of warp yarn and filling yarn, etc.
A full chapter is given showing how interesting effects may be obtained by arrangement of yarns in contrasting colors in either warp or filling or both, and how effects can be produced by combining weave and color patterns in the same cloth. A large number of examples, with 207 diagrams, show color effects in twills, basket weaves, crépes, etc.
Other topics covered here that are rarely found in textile design books are breaks or recesses in the cloth, weaves that deflect certain threads, broche fabrics, double transposed textures, reform weaves, the determination of the best weaves, the determination of the best types of weave for specific textures and many similar topics.
These and many other special features add to this unsurpassed collection's immense value for the textile manufacturer, the designer, the stylist, the hand-loom weaver, the power-loom weaver, and the teacher and student of textiles. It is at once a fully indexed reference, a lucid "how-to-do-it" book, and a storehouse of unusual information and practical suggestions.
Includes a supplement on the analysis of weaves and fabrics.
Synopsis
Basic reference work with 1,875 patterns and full technical information for looming them.
Synopsis
Lucid text and 1,875 illustrations offer thorough survey, from simple draft and plain weaves to fancy weaves. Coverage includes basket and rib weaves; corkscrew, interlocking, and herringbone fancy twills; hundreds more.
Synopsis
Lucid text and 1,875 illustrations offer a thorough survey of the field, from simple draft and plain weaves to more complicated fancy weaves. Coverage includes irregular, double-stitched, and filling satins; basket and rib weaves; steep, undulating, broken, offset, corkscrew, interlocking, herringbone, and fancy twills; honeycomb and lace weaves; and hundreds more.
Table of Contents
DRAWING-IN DRAFTS DRAFTING WEAVES THE PLAIN WEAVE
THE TWILL WEAVE
THE SATIN WEAVE DERIVATIVE \VEAVES BASKET WEAVES RIB WEAVES STEEP TWILLS UNDULATING TWILLS BROKEN OR REVERSED TWILLS
OFFSET TWILLS CORI{SCREW TWE.LS INTERLOCKING TWILLS FANCY TWILLS
HERRINGHONE OR POINTED TWILL DIVERSIFIED WEAVES HONEYCOMB WEAVES BREAK"; OR RECESSES IN THE CLOTH LACE OR MOCK LENO WEAVES WEAVES THAT DEFLECT CERTAIN THREADS CREPE WEAVES
REFORM WEAVES BACK WARP FABRICS BACK FILLING FABRICS TRICOT WEAVES CLOTHS WITH AN EXTRA INNER FABRIC DOUBLE CLOTHS TUBULAR FABRICS REGULAR DOUBLE FABRICS THREE OR MORE: PLY CLOTHS WEAVES FOR WOVEN BELTING CORDED WEAVES DOUBLE WEAVES STITCHED TO FORM THE PATTERNS MONTAGNAC WEAVES COMIIINATION WEAVES ;DOUBLE TRANSPOSED TEXTURES INFLUENCE OF THE WEAYE AND COLOR PATTERN ON THE COLOR EFFECT "STRAIGHT LINE" ANALYSIS OF WEAVES, PATTERNS AND FABRICS
WEAVE AND COLOR PATTERN ANALYSlS
"STRAIGHT LINE" ANALYSIS OF WOVEN FABRICS
ANALYSIS OF A RIB FACE CLOAKING