The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . y of a letter, containing an account of the speci-men of ancient Egyptian lace or net, to which we alluded in the in-troductory part of this Work. (See pages 46 and 47.) A representation of this specimen is given at Fig. 147 ; whichwe think demonstrates, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that thelace machinery used by the ancient Egyptians, must have beenbrought to great perfection indeed, before such a fabric could havebeen produced. But the following letter, from Mr.
The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . y of a letter, containing an account of the speci-men of ancient Egyptian lace or net, to which we alluded in the in-troductory part of this Work. (See pages 46 and 47.) A representation of this specimen is given at Fig. 147 ; whichwe think demonstrates, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that thelace machinery used by the ancient Egyptians, must have beenbrought to great perfection indeed, before such a fabric could havebeen produced. But the following letter, from Mr. Kersivenus, willconvey a better idea of the subject than anything we can say. Thehes, October 17th, Friend,Your favour of the 19th May last, was handed to me last even-ing, by our worthy friend Amasis Osirtasen, who arrived hereyesterday morning, on business of importance for his Majesty. With regard to what you say about the sample of lace or net, itis lucky indeed, that your letter reached me in this place ; be-cause I am thus enabled to furnish you with a drawing of it, and LACE manufacturl:. Fig. 147. 297. also some explanation, more easily than I could otherwise havedone. On receipt of your letter, I lost no time in calling upon ouresteemed acquaintance, Lepsius,, who very fortunately happens tobe here at present; and after mentioning to this scientific gentle-man tlie object of your letter, he at once consented to aid me insearching for the sample, as he says, that he feels interested in yoursuccess, and has done so, ever since he first saw you in Berlin,while you were there in 1S33, obtaining a patent from the PrussianGovernment, for a carpet power loom, with wdiat the Doctor calls, lunar detached revolving shuttle boxes.^ We proceeded this morning, a few minutes before sunrise, atwhich time we commenced our search ; and we continued it with-out intermission until 10^ oclock A, M. ; at which time we hadgiven up nearly all hopes of success ; and, in fact, were
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