Silk rag curtains by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Weaving
Publisher: New York, The Art interchange publishing co.
Published: 1880-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

QUANTITY REQUIRED.

The number of balls necessary must be determined by the size of the portiere, or curtain, desired. It is of little consequence how many yards there are in a ball, as the weaver is obliged to use his own discretion in dividing the balls when making his pattern. It will take one and a half pounds of silk to make a yard of material, three quarters of a yard or a yard wide, which is the width of almost all looms. Weigh the balls, allowing for this proportion, and the amount necessary can thus be ascertained.

DIRECTIONS TO WEAVER.

Very few weavers have looms wider than a yard, which makes a portiere quite wide enough for an ordinary door, hanging the stuff on each side of the door. If half a yard more than the height of the door be allowed, and that half yard pieced, so that it hangs over the rest of the curtain, it makes a simple and effective finish. If any difficulty is found in combining the colors effectively, tell the weaver how you wish the colors placed, and the width of the stripes desired, or take a handsome Roman scarf, if procurable, for a guide, and get the colors as nearly like it as possible. The weaver has to arrange the lengths, and should be directed to copy the arrangement and combination of colors as nearly as possible. There is no worsted filling; the strips are folded in nar-

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