WM. PLATT PEPPER, President,
by the following members of the Philadelphia Textile Association:
Thomas Dolan & Co.,
John & James Dobson,
William Wood & Co.,
William Arrott,
John Yewdall,
Fiss, Banes, Erben & Co.,
Conyers Button & Co.,
George & James Bromley,
Seville Schofield,
Alexander Crow & Son,
James Smith & Co.,
M. A. Furbush & Son,
John Bromley & Sons,
Thomas L. Leedom,
James Doak, Jr. & Co.,
Charles Spencer & Co.,
H. Becker & Co.,
Andreas Hartel,
S. B. M. Fleisher,
Grundy Bros. & Campion,
H. W. Butterworth & Sons,
Stead & Miller.
Extract from COURSE OF STUDY for Day Class, requiring three years’ attendance at School.
FIRST YEAR’S COURSE.
The hand-loom, analyzed and explained.
Elementary principles of “dressing” warps; beaming the same; fixing of harness; drawing-in; reed and reed calculations, etc., for single cloth.
A general study of the nature of materials used in weaving textile fabrics; explanation of the necessary materials and instruments used by designers.
Weaves.—Ground or Foundation Weaves.
I. Plain, or cotton weave, and fancy figuring through color arrangements in warp and filling, for light-weight fabrics.