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Watson's textile design and colour : elementary weaves and figured fabrics /

Watson's textile design and colour: Elementary weaves and figured fabrics was first published in 1912 and has been revised several times by the original author and a number of other well respected textile experts. This edition revised by Z Grosicki has been rewritten, reorganised and new approa...

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Main Authors: Watson, William, F.T.I.
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Grosicki, Z.
Published: Woodhead Pub.,
Publisher Address: Cambridge :
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Seventh edition.
Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
Subjects:
Textile design.
Color in the textile industries.
Weaving > Technique.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781855739956
Summary: Watson's textile design and colour: Elementary weaves and figured fabrics was first published in 1912 and has been revised several times by the original author and a number of other well respected textile experts. This edition revised by Z Grosicki has been rewritten, reorganised and new approaches have been added to allow a clear understanding of the nature of woven structures. Watson's textile design and colour is a comprehensive treatise on simple woven cloth construction and design.
Item Description: Reprint; previously published: Newnes-Butterworth, 1975.
Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 1782420088 (electronic bk.)
9781782420088 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: TS1475
CLC: TS194.1
Contents: Elements of woven design -- Construction of elementary weaves -- Development of weaves from elementary bases -- Fancy twill, diamond and diaper designs -- Miscellaneous elementary structures -- Special rib and cord structures -- Stripe and check weave combinations -- Elements of colour -- Simple colour and weave effects -- Compound colour and weave effects -- Elements of Jacquard shedding -- Construction and development of Jacquard designs -- Arrangment of figures -- Construction of designs from incomplete repeats -- Appendix 1. Standard yarns ; Standard woven fabrics -- Appendix 2. Man-made textile materials -- Appendix 3. Basic yarn and cloth relationships in simple woven fabrics.

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