Fig. 54
DERIVATIVE WEAVES
1. From the Taffeta
Royale is a modification of the regular Gros de Tours, inasmuch as the rib line, which in the latter runs straight across the cloth, is broken off after a given number of warp-threads. These groups, which may comprise 8, 12 or more threads, will interlace each one pick higher than the preceding one.
Royale of 8 ends
On 2 sections of 4 shafts each.
