The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . 5 4 3 2 1 104 THE ART OF WEAVING. shows the draught and cording of a loom, mounted for working atweel consisting of five leaves of headles. The only difference be-tween this and the four leaf tweel is in the number of the leavesand treadles. The drawmg of the warp through the headles pro-ceeds in the same regular succession from right to left, and the trea-dles are arranged in the same order. In Fig. 18, five of the lineswhich represent the threads of the warp are conne


The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . 5 4 3 2 1 104 THE ART OF WEAVING. shows the draught and cording of a loom, mounted for working atweel consisting of five leaves of headles. The only difference be-tween this and the four leaf tweel is in the number of the leavesand treadles. The drawmg of the warp through the headles pro-ceeds in the same regular succession from right to left, and the trea-dles are arranged in the same order. In Fig. 18, five of the lineswhich represent the threads of the warp are connected by eachcross line, five threads therefore are to be drawn through each in-terval of the reed. Fig. 19 Fig. represents a kind of ornamental tweel. produced, merely, by revers-ing the order m which the warp is drawn through the plan for drawing and cording a web of this description will befound by referring to Fig. 20. Fig. 20.


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