INDEX
Art squares, [88]
Axminster, [5]
—— carpeting, [49]
—— qualities, [50]-52
——, seamless, [61]
——, setting, [54]
—— weaving process, [54], [55]
—— weft motion, [58]
Brussels carpeting, [29]
——, chain warp, [31]
——, finishing, [38]
——, pressing, [38]
——, sprouting, [37]
——, stuffer warp, [31]
——, weaving process, [32]
——, winding, [30]
——, worsted, [29]
Cairo squares, [38]
Carlisle, [23]
Carpets, antiquity of, [1]
——, artificial ageing of, [26]
——, doctoring of, [25]
——, earliest makers of, [24]
——, European and Asiatic, [26]
——, import of, [106]
——, introduction into England, [3]
——, sewing of, [42]
Carpet trade associations, [107]
—— ——, commercial conditions of, [119]
—— ——, District Association, [110]
—— ——, distribution of, [104]
Carpet Trade Industrial Council, [118]
—— —— Rationing Committee, [109]
Chenille, [63]
——, fur cutting, [65]
——, qualities, [67]
——, setting, [66]
——, weft weaving, [64]
Chlidema squares, [38]
Colour, [92]
Competition, foreign, [27], [120]
Cotton, [11]
Creel bobbin, [30]
Design, [92]
Distribution of carpet industry, [104]
Donegal, [23]
Drying yarns, [19]
Dyeing, [13]
—— yarns, [14]
—— process, [18]
Dyes of Oriental carpets, [25]
Dye vats, [14]
Eclecticism in design, [102]
Egyptian loom, [1]
Employees, number of, [104]
Employers and employed, [107]
Export carpet trade, [105], [106]
Fine Wiltons, [45]
Flax warp, [23]
—— yarn, [11]
Foreign competition, [27], [120]
Hakluyt, [3]
Halifax, [7]
Hand-made carpets, [20]
Henry IV, [4]
—— VIII, [4]
Imperial Axminster, [50]
Ingrain carpeting, [86]
—— qualities, [87]
Jacquard, [31]
—— Axminster, [59]
Jute yarn, [10]
—— carpeting, [86]
—— Carpet Weavers’ Association, [100]
Kilmarnock, [6]
Knots, Turkish and Persian, [21]
Linen yarn, [11]
Louis XIV, [4]
Maffersdorf, [23]
Materials, [9]
——, consumption of, [104]
Medallion squares, [42]
Mohair, [10]
Morris, influence of, [99]
National Affiliation, [117]
Northern Counties Association, [112]
Ornament, classes of, [97]
Paper yarn, [11]
Plain Wilton, [47]
Planting, [34]
Qualities, standardisation of, [108]
Ramie yarn, [11]
Reproduction, [100]
Saxony Wilton, [46]
Scotch carpeting, [86]
Scouring of yarns, [13]
Seamless Axminster, [61]
Self colours, [95]
Silk, [9]
Starching, [34]
Statistics, [104]
——, printing, [74]
——, scaleboard, [78]
——, setting, [81]
——, steaming, [81]
——, stripping, [80]
——, velvet, [84]
——, weaving, [83]
Trade unions, [110]
Two-colour effect, [96]
Washing of carpets, [26]
Wilton carpeting, [44]
——, plains, [47]
——, qualities, [45]
——, shading of, [47]
Wool, character and consumption of, [9], [10]
——, characteristics of, [17]
Woollen Wiltons, [46]
Yarn drying, [19]
—— scouring, [13]
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BRINTONS LIMITED
KIDDERMINSTER
Tel. Address: Brintons, Kidderminster. Telephone No. 5
WORSTED AND WOOLLEN SPINNERS
CARPET AND RUG MANUFACTURERS
Brussels, Wilton, Axminster,
Chenille, and Hand Tufted
. . . . Carpeting . . . .
Cotton, Jute, Hemp, Linen
. . and Worsted Webbing . .
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Bury, Lancashire
Makers of all classes of
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Special Hand Looms for Carpets
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Tobacco: From Grower to Smoker. By A. E. Tanner.
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Some illustrations have been moved slightly to keep paragraphs intact. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. A few obvious typesetting errors have been corrected without note. The advertisements and publisher's catalogue have been moved from the front of the book to the end of the book.
[End of Carpets, by R. S. Brinton]