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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Woodhead Pub.,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Seventh edition. |
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
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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. |