CONTENTS

Preface ........

Index to Plates and Text Illustrations .

I. Introduction .......

Classification of Types.

II. Materials used by the Weaver ....Silk—Cotton—Hemp—Gold and Silver—The Making ofCloth—Medieval Fabrics—Cloth of Gold—Baudekins—Fustian—Diaper.

III. The Loom .......

The Draw Loom—The Jacquard Loom.

IV. The Evolution of Pattern .....V. Woven Patterns ......

VI. Early Tapestries ......

Peruvian Patterns.

VII. Woven Fabrics. ......

Greek—Sassanian—The Frieze of Archers—Arrangementof Pattern—Woven Patterned Fabrics—Asiatic—FloralType of Pattern—Indian—Cashmere Shawls—Chinese—The Sung Dynasty—Cultivation of Silk—Japanese—Persian—Other Islamic Fabrics—Sicilian Patterned Fabrics—Palermo Patterning—Thirteenth-Century Designs—SpanishWork—Early Lucchese, 13th Century—Late Lucchese,14th Century—Florentine, 15th Century—Florentine Vel-vets—Brocatelle Patterns—Cultivation of Italian Silk—Genoese Coloured Velvets—The Vase Pattern—Changesin Design—Mixed Fabrics—French, Lyons, 17th and 18thCenturies—Period of Louis XIII.—The Rouen Potters—The Rocaillt Type of Ornament—Refinement of Design—The Empire Period—Weaving Industry in Flanders,16th Century — Linen Damasks—Irish Linen — EnglishFabrics, 18th Century—Silk Weaving—Spitalfields WeavingIndustry.

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