History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . Velvet pets have the ribbed or looped effect of theBrussels, while the velvet has the cut pileappearance of the Wilton, but the methodof manufacture is entirely different fromthat of the Wilton. Both the tapestry and velvet are printedfabrics and do not require the Jacquardmechanism. The colors are all printedupon the threads before weaving. Theprocess is very delicate and requires thegreatest accuracy in order to have the col- method was invented in England in 1832by Richard Whytock. There are tapestries and
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . Velvet pets have the ribbed or looped effect of theBrussels, while the velvet has the cut pileappearance of the Wilton, but the methodof manufacture is entirely different fromthat of the Wilton. Both the tapestry and velvet are printedfabrics and do not require the Jacquardmechanism. The colors are all printedupon the threads before weaving. Theprocess is very delicate and requires thegreatest accuracy in order to have the col- method was invented in England in 1832by Richard Whytock. There are tapestries and velvets wovenin one solid color and the figure thenstamped in by great pressure of rollers onwhich the design has been cut, each colorbeing on its own roller and each roller hav-ing cut in it only that portion of the de-sign containing that particular color. Thecarpet is then dried on hot cylinders andthe face is raised again by steaming. This. ors appear in the right places when woven,but for all that there is not the accuracythat can be obtained with the Jacquard,and this gives the misty, soft effects. Inmaking ready for tapestry and Wilton fab-rics, the yarn is prepared for an entireprint of possibly 3,000 yards and is placedupon a large drum. Each little section ofcolor corresponding to the same section inthe design is made by means of dye con-tained in a small vessel which runs upon atrack under the drum, one color at a timebeing printed. A small wheel revolves in process was invented in 1891 by JamesDunlap of Philadelphia, Pa. AXMINSTER There are two styles of Axminster, theordinary spool Axminster and ChenilleAxminster. The process of production dif-fers materially from that of Wilton andBrussels, or tapestry and velvet. The nameis derived from the city in which they werefirst made, Axminster, England, about themiddle of the eighteenth century. 97 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. In making the spool Axminster, the de-sig
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