INDEX

Art squares, 88

Aubusson, 4, 22

Axminster, 5

—— carpeting, 49

—— qualities, 50-52

——, seamless, 61

——, setting, 54

—— weaving process, 54, 55

—— weft motion, 58

Beauvais, 4, 22

Brussels carpeting, 29

——, chain warp, 31

——, finishing, 38

——, pressing, 38

—— qualities, 35, 36

——, 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

——, export of, 105, 106

——, 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

—— machines, 15, 16

—— process, 18

Dyes of Oriental carpets, 25

Dyestuffs, 18, 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

Kidderminster, 5, 104

—— 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

Owen Jones, 97, 99

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

Tapestry, 7, 71

——, 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

Whytock, 6, 71

Wilton, 4, 5, 23

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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Cotton: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product. By R. J. Peake.

Rubber: Production and Utilisation of the Raw Product. By C. Beadle and H. P. Stevens, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.C.

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Silk: Its Production and Manufacture. By Luther Hooper.

Tobacco: From Grower to Smoker. By A. E. Tanner.

Wool: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product. By J. A. Hunter.

Coal: Its Origin, Method of Working, and Preparation for the Market. By Francis H. Wilson, M.Inst. M.E.

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Transcriber’s Notes:

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]