Colour in woven design (1890) (14577390349)

Identifier: gri_c00033125001412929 (find matches)
Title: Colour in woven design
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Beaumont, Roberts, 1862-1924
Subjects: Color in the textile industries Textile design
Publisher: London : Whittaker & Co. New York : D. Van Nostrand
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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3icks. II ,, „ claret silk. \1 ,, ,, dark blue worsted. This grouping of shades gives a claret spot in the twill parts on a black ground, anda rib effect in dark blue. The designing of theground sections of worstedvestings is an artistic work.It is important to obtain ian effect which combinesneatness with novelty andrichness of composition. A Iloud assortment of crossingsis rarely useful, and yet theweave effects must be sum- (Iciently marked, to give cha- jracter and freshness to the istyle. 231. Vestings with one Ex- Itra Weft.—Only one specimen in this type of vesting is afurnished. It is given in Pattern 1 on Plate XXXI., and, 1as stated in the previous paragraph, has a corkscrew ;ground. The weaving plan for this pattern is supplied in 11fig. 163. The spots of which it is composed are arranged ijon the six-end sateen base. The silk picks used in forming Jthe spotted effects are tied regularly, as indicated by the 1
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PLATE XXXI WEFT-COLOURED FIGURED FABRICS—CURL TEXTURES. 403 small line marks in the design; hence, in preparing for theloom, the first pick would be cut twice thus : I., cut all butthe marks u and —; II., cut all but the marks 0 . It will be observed that the spots in the fabric (Pat-tern 1, Plate XXXI.) are composed of green, blue, andcrimson tints. This is due to the system of weft colouringpractised, which is as appended :— For8 picks. For8 picks. For8 picks. j 1 pick of black worsted.\ 1 ,, „ crimson silk. 1 pick of black worsted.1 ,, ,, blue silk.1 pick of black worsted.1 „ „ green silk. to colour a design of this Of course it is feasiblearrangement on other systems.Thus the spots could all be de-veloped in the same colour,or they might each have beencomposed of two tints, suchas crimson and white, claretand lavender, and blue andolive. The base on which thedesign is constructed causesthe respective spots of blue,green, and crimson in the pat-tern to be neatly distrib