Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . the edge of the tool never being al-lowed to trespass upon a line which the exigencies of the design requireto be solid. The veining of a cherry petal, the tesselation of the scales ofa carp, the serrated edge of a leaf, these remain intact, while the leaf itself,or the scales of the fish or the petal, have the threads forming them cut,so as to show the velvet nap and to appear in soft low
Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . the edge of the tool never being al-lowed to trespass upon a line which the exigencies of the design requireto be solid. The veining of a cherry petal, the tesselation of the scales ofa carp, the serrated edge of a leaf, these remain intact, while the leaf itself,or the scales of the fish or the petal, have the threads forming them cut,so as to show the velvet nap and to appear in soft low relief. The elaborateand microscopically correct pictures produced by the yuzen process are bet-ter displayed on silk crape or habutaye. The rich-toned, soft plumage ofbirds, or the blending of the colors in a branch of chrysanthemums orpeonies cannot be produced with like fidelity on the unequal surface ofvelvet. A very interesting survival of the mediaeval style of weaving still existsin Sweden and other Scandinavian countries, and table covers, counterpanesand articles of dress are woven by the peasantry in a simple but highly deco-rative way, many of the patterns being of great artistic 142 TEXTILE INDUSTRIES THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE ART OF KNITTING There is great uncertainty as to the origin of the art of knitting byhand: the period, the country, and the author of the invention are notknown beyond a doubt. Some authorities claim Scotland as the birthplaceof this industry at a date somewhat earlier than 1500. There is no historicmention of the art until the time of Henry IV and it was first named inan act of Parliament in the reign of Henry VII; and in seven followingActs, knit hose, caps, and also hosiers were mentioned; the latter might,it is true, have been the fashioners of the earliest hose, which were madeof cloth sewn to the proper shape. Knitted hose cannot, however, havecome into general use, or perhaps the common woolen hose was too coarsefor the
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