TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

HISTORY OF The Jacquard Machine .

The Jacquard Machine. General Arrangement and Application.

Illustrations of the Different Parts of the Jacquard Machine. Method of Operation, etc.

THE JACQUARD HARNESS.

TYING-UP OF JACQUARD HARNESS. 1. The Straight-Through Tie-up.

Modifications of the Single Lift Jacquard Machine.

Tying-up of Jacquard Harness for Two-ply Ingrain Carpets. With

APPENDIX.

Preparing and Stamping of Jacquard Cards. Preparing.

The Lacing of Cards.

PRACTICAL HINTS TO LEARNERS OF JACQUARD DESIGNING.

Squared Designing Paper for the Different Textile Fabrics Executed on the Jacquard Machine.

Sketching of Designs for Textile Fabrics to be Executed on the Jacquard Machine.

Glossary and Index.

BY
E. A. POSSELT,
Head Master, Textile Department, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art,
No. 1336 Spring Garden Street.

With 230 Illustrations.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.:
PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SCHOOL.
1888.

Copyrighted, 1887,
BY
E. A. POSSELT.

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