Textile Design and Colour (Classic Reprint): Elementary Weaves and Figured Fabrics - Couverture souple

William Watson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332036392 ISBN 13 : 9781332036394

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the art of weaving and color in textiles with this comprehensive guide.

This classic reference offers practical insight into the design, weaving, and coloring of fabrics, from simple to advanced structures. Drawing on established methods and revised illustrations, it helps readers understand how yarns, textures, and hues come together in real-world cloth. The book covers the construction of weaves, the classification of fabrics, drafts and pegging plans, and the theory and application of color to textiles. It also explores how to design figured fabrics, work with jacquard machines, and plan color and weave effects for a wide range of cloths. Rich in diagrams and examples, the volume aims to make complex techniques accessible to designers, students, and professionals.

• Clear explanations of plain, satin, hopsack, rib, and special weave families.
• Guidance on color theory, pigment mixtures, and how color interacts with fabric structure.
• Practical drafting, drafting systems, and peg plans for creating repeatable designs.
• Extensive illustrations and design examples, including many figures and diagrams.

Ideal for designers and students of textile design, metalist fabric production, and color application in fabrics, as well as professionals seeking a solid grounding in weaving and color theory.

Ideal for readers of textile design and color theory who want a thorough, hands‑on reference that blends historical techniques with practical guidance.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Textile Design and Colour: Elementary Weaves and Figured Fabrics

An exhaustive treatise on the designing and colouring of textile fabrics has been found by the writer to be much beyond the scope of a single volume, and this book deals chiefly with cloths that are composed of one series of warp and one series of weft threads. The subject is continued in a second volume - entitled Advanced Textile Design - which treats on compound and special classes of cloths.

In the following pages the construction and combination of simple and special weaves, the structure of standard classes of cloths, the theories of colour, and the application of colours to textile fabrics are described and illustrated; while the designing of ordinary figured fabrics, to which eight chapters are devoted, forms a very important section of the work. Textile calculations, and the principles and limitations of weaving machinery, so far as they concern woven design, are fully dealt with. The illustrations form a distinct feature in both number and quality, and there are 413 figures which include over 1800 different diagrams, designs, and representations of woven fabrics.

The chapters on the designing of figured fabrics have previously appeared in the form of serial articles in the Textile Recorder, while the section on colour and weave effects has similarly been published in the Textile Manufacturer. The writer is indebted to the editors and proprietors of these journals for encouragement in the preparation of the articles. In re-issuing this matter in book form many of the original illustrations have been used, bat opportunity has been taken to carefully revise the text, and to introduce new examples. And to the matter which has been previously published eleven chapters have been added, in order to make the book a complete work on the designing and colouring of the simpler classes of cloths.

To the publishers and printers the writer wishes to express his i…

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332036392
• ISBN 13: 9781332036394
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 454
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