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• A Book of Patterns for Hand Weaving. Part 1

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/ncwg_lan_1.pdf
  Chapters one and two of an instruction book edited with drawings and notes by Mary Maigs Atwater and published in 1977 with patterns for hand weaving, designed by John Landes in 1925 which are exhibited in the Pennsylvania Museum.

• A Book of Patterns for Hand Weaving. Part 2

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/ncwg_lan_2.pdf
  Chapters three and four of an instruction book edited with drawings and notes by Mary Maigs Atwater and published in 1977 with patterns for hand weaving, designed by John Landes in 1925 which are exhibited in the Pennsylvania Museum.

• A Practical Treatise on Weaving and Designing Textile Fabrics. Part 1

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_weav_1.pdf
  Fifth edition of a series of instruction books about textile design and fabric weaving, first published in 1879. Chapters on weaving looms and technology, calculations, materials and color. Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• A Practical Treatise on Weaving and Designing Textile Fabrics. Part 2

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_weav_2.pdf
  Fifth edition of a series of instruction books about textile design and fabric weaving, first published in 1879. Chapters on weaving looms and technology, calculations, materials and color. (Continued) Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• A Practical Treatise on Weaving and Designing Textile Fabrics. Part 3

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_weav_3.pdf
  Fifth edition of a series of instruction books about textile design and fabric weaving, first published in 1879. Chapters on weaving looms and technology, calculations, materials and color. (Continued) Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• An Album of Textile Designs. Part 1

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_pat_1.pdf
  Collections of fabric weave patterns from 3 through to 16 ends, with explanations of arrangements and combinations. First published in 1881. Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• An Album of Textile Designs. Part 2

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_pat_2.pdf
  Collections of fabric weave patterns from 3 through to 16 ends, with explanations of arrangements and combinations. First published in 1881. Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• An Album of Textile Designs. Part 3

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_pat_3.pdf
  Collections of fabric weave patterns from 3 through to 16 ends, with explanations of arrangements and combinations. First published in 1881. Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• An Album of Textile Designs. Part 4

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_pat_4.pdf
  Collections of fabric weave patterns from 3 through to 16 ends, with explanations of arrangements and combinations. First published in 1881. Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• An Album of Textile Designs. Part 5

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_pat_5.pdf
  Collections of fabric weave patterns from 3 through to 16 ends, with explanations of arrangements and combinations. First published in 1881. Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• An Introduction to the Study of Textile Design. Part I

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/baf_desn_1.pdf
  Part of the 'Text Books of Technology' series specially adapted to the needs of technical schools and colleges and published in 1903, and dealing with loom preparation, the technologies of the hand and power loom, cloth construction, design, drafting, the correct use of yarns, analysis and synthesis, and the manufacturing of textile goods. Author: Alfred F. Barker.

• An Introduction to the Study of Textile Design. Part II

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/baf_desn_2.pdf
  Part of the 'Text Books of Technology' series specially adapted to the needs of technical schools and colleges and published in 1903, and dealing with loom preparation, the technologies of the hand and power loom, cloth construction, design, drafting, the correct use of yarns, analysis and synthesis, and the manufacturing of textile goods. Author: Alfred F. Barker.

• Design in Textile Fabrics. Part I

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_desn_1.pdf
  First part of a comprehensive technology handbook on the design, styling and applications of textile fabrics. Author: Thomas R. Ashenhurst.

• Design in Textile Fabrics. Part II

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_desn_2.pdf
  Second part of a comprehensive technology handbook on the design, styling and applications of textile fabrics. Author: Thomas R. Ashenhurst.

• Grammar of Textile Design. Part I

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/nh_desn_1.pdf
  Textbook and reference for students and manufacturers analysing the fundamental principles of structural design in woven textiles, and their applications in the production of various types of cloth. Published in early 1900. Author: H. Nisbet.

• Grammar of Textile Design. Part II

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/nh_desn_2.pdf
  Textbook and reference for students and manufacturers analysing the fundamental principles of structural design in woven textiles, and their applications in the production of various types of cloth. Published in early 1900. Author: H. Nisbet.

• Grammar of Textile Design. Part III

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/nh_desn_3.pdf
  Textbook and reference for students and manufacturers analysing the fundamental principles of structural design in woven textiles, and their applications in the production of various types of cloth. Published in early 1900. Author: H. Nisbet.

• Large Book of Textile Designs. Part I

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/df_cpatt_1.pdf
  Collection of over 9000 patterns for weavers and textile designers, and a technical guide for the design of textile fabrics including an extensive lexicon in English, German and French. Published in 1895. Edited by Franz Donat.

• Large Book of Textile Designs. Part II

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/df_cpatt_2.pdf
  Collection of over 9000 patterns for weavers and textile designers, and a technical guide for the design of textile fabrics including an extensive lexicon in English, German and French. Published in 1895. Edited by Franz Donat.

• Large Book of Textile Designs. Part III

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/df_cpatt_3.pdf
  Collection of over 9000 patterns for weavers and textile designers, and a technical guide for the design of textile fabrics including an extensive lexicon in English, German and French. Published in 1895. Edited by Franz Donat.

• Large Book of Textile Designs. Part IV

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/df_cpatt_4.pdf
  Collection of over 9000 patterns for weavers and textile designers, and a technical guide for the design of textile fabrics including an extensive lexicon in English, German and French. Published in 1895. Edited by Franz Donat.

• Manufacture of Narrow Woven Fabrics

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/pea_nfw.pdf
  Part of the Hand Books of the Textile Industry series published by E.A. Posselt in 1917, providing descriptions of the yarns and weave designs used in the manufacture of elastic and non-elastic narrow fabrics, ribbons, trimmings and edgings, including loom technology and loom devices.

 

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