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---. A Book for Hand-Weaving; Designs from John Landes Drawings, Southern California Handweavers' Guild, 1977, 92 pages. Note: Threading drafts and notes by Mary Meigs Atwater. Published without a copyright notice. Posted June 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 5.9 MB PDF.


---. A Chronicle of Textile Machinery: 1824-1924, Saco-Lowell, 1924, 86 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted September 28, 2002. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.3 MB PDF.


---. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary, Frank P. Bennett, 1907, 359 pages. Posted August 10, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 12.0 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.2 MB PDF.


---. A Sixteenth Century Industry, 32 pages. Posted December 19, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 11.2 MB PDF


---. An Episode and a History: The Centenary of a Woollen Mill -- Marzotto 1836/1936, 1936, 287 pages. Note: Reduced to 95% to fit on standard letter-size paper. Posted January 17, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 12.2 MB PDF.


---. [Armenian Lacemaking], 1966, 94 pages. Note: Armenian. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 24, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8 MB PDF.


--- Book of Patterns for Lace Making 1878, Mme Gurney & Co, 24 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.8 MB PDF


---. Catalogue of the Collections in the Science Museum South Kensington, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921, 78 pages. Note: scanned images provided by Stacey Harvey-Brown. Posted April 18, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.7 MB PDF


--- Collection of Antique Laces and Brocades of Max Littwitz 40 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.08 MB PDF


---. Cotton Machinery, The Lowell Machine Shop, Lowell Mass, 1893, 112 pages. Posted May 27, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.6 MB PDF.


---. Cyclopedia of Textile Work, Vol. 1, American Technical Society, 1907, 359 pages. Posted July 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.4 MB PDF.


---. Cyclopedia of Textile Work, Vol. 3, American Technical Society, 1913, 456 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 10, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 6.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.8 MB PDF.


---. Cyclopedia of Textile Work, Vol. 5: Knitting, Knit goods, Finishing, American Technical Society, 1906, 388 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 7.6 MB PDF.


---. Cyclopedia of Textile Work, Vol. 6, American Technical Society, 1913, 328 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF.


---. Dentellerie en Tchécoslovaquie [Lacemaking in Czechoslovakia], Edité par L'Institut National des Fournitures Scolaires de Prague, 1930, 140 pages. Posted October 9, 2002. CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 5. 1 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.7 MB PDF.


---. Egyptisch Vlechtwerk [Sprang], Holkema & Warendorf, 36 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 8, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 4.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.6 MB PDF.


--- Embroideries and Laces. Values that Sell 1913, Gordon Mackay and Company Limited, 68 pages. Note: downloaded from archive.org Posted October 14, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 10.9MB PDF


---. Extrait d'un Ancien Livre Chinois [Extract from an old Chinese book], Pihan Delaforest, 25 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


---. Filet Arbeiten. Vol. 2: Gipüre, Otton Beyer, 46 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 6, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 5.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.9 MB PDF.


---. Filetarbejder [Filet Work], O. Oehlenschlägers, 47 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 7, 2004. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11 MB PDF.


---. Handleiding voor Vrouwelijke Handwerken # 11 (Instructions for Women's Handwork), A. W. Sijthoff, Leiden, 83 pages. Note: from the publication "La Gracieuse". Posted June 2, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.0 MB PDF


---. Handleiding voor Vrouwelijke Handwerken # 12 (Instructions for Women's Handwork), A. W. Sijthoff, Leiden, 67 pages. Note: from the publication "La Gracieuse". Posted June 2, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.7 MB PDF


---. Handweaving, Cedar Lakes, 1960, 79 pages. Posted May 10, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.5 MB PDF


--- How To Make Lace 1899, Christie & Co., 42 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 1, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.9 MB PDF


---. I. C. S. Reference Library; Vol. 65: Wool, International Correspondence Schools, 1905, 586 pages. Note: Scanned issues provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.3 MB PDF.


---. I. C. S. Reference Library; Vol. 87: Cotton, International Correspondence Schools, 1906, 517 pages. Note: Scanned issues provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 10, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.8 MB PDF.


---. I. C. S. Reference Library; Vol. 89: Yarns, International Correspondence Schools, 1906, 422 pages. Note: Scanned issues provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 10, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF.


---. I. C. S. Reference Library; Vol. 89: Yarns, International Correspondence Schools, 1906, 422 pages. Note: Scanned issues provided by Tess Parrish. Missing pages added and out-of-order pages corrected August 8, 2006. Posted August 6, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.7 MB PDF.


---. I. C. S. Reference Library; Vol. 90: Wool, International Correspondence Schools, 1905, 529 pages. Note: Scanned issues provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 10, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.2 MB PDF.


--- Imperial Macrame Lace Book 1877, Barbour Brothers Limited, 100 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.6 MB PDF


--- International School of Artistic Cluny Laces by Correspondence First Edition, 1912, Paul Kendra, 26 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 14, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.95MB PDF


---. Illustrated and Descriptive Catalog of Whitin Textile Machinery, Whitin Machine Works, 1917, 295 pages. Posted October 3, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 11.7 MB PDF


---. Italian Cut Work and Filet Lace, Variety, 1921, 37 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 7, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF.


---. Italian Drawn Work and Antique Filet Lace, Carmela Testa Co. Boston, Mass, 1922, 15 pages. Posted August 1, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 8.5 MB PDF


---. Kinks on Worsted Combing, Drawing andSpinning; No. 4, Lord & Nagel, 1911, 94 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Ruth Blau. Posted February 27, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.6 MB PDF


---. Kniplebog Nr. 2 [Lace Book Number 2], 16 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.0 MB PDF


---. Kniplinger [Lace], O. Oehlenschlägers Eftr., 51 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 8, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.4 MB PDF.


---. La Révolte des Passemens [The Revolt of the Laces], Needle and Bobbin Club, 89 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 1, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6 MB PDF


--- Lace Making and Embroidery 1900, The Barbour Bros. Co., 110 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 1, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 10.1 MB PDF


--- Lace Making, Embroidery, and Needle-Work Barbour Brothers 1894, 112 pages. Posted July 13, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 14.5MB PDF Part 2: File size 16.1MB PDF


--- Lace Work A Handbook Illustrated 1896, Perry Mason & Co., 54 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 1, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.53 MB PDF


--- Elegant Lace Patterns 1884, 76 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.3 MB PDF


---. Ladies' Guide in Needlework, W. A. Leary & Co., 1850, 193 pages. Note: Scanned from microfiche. Posted June 22, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.2MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.3 MB PDF.


---. Learning about Lace, Federation of Lace and Embroidery Employers' Associations, Nottingham, England, 31 pages. Posted December 3, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.7 MB PDF


---. Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury in Relation to the Growth and Manufacture of Silk, Gales and Season, 1828, 232 pages. Posted June 18, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 13.9 MB PDF


---. Otviety ne obyknovennye voprosy diete [Answers to Children's Common Questions], 1871, 130 pages. Note: Selected sections. Posted December 8, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.5 MB PDF


--- Patterns for Needle Work 1882, 28 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.34 MB PDF


---. Pei wen geng zhi tu, 1696, 99 pages. Note: scanned from photocopy. Posted August 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.3 MB PDF.


---. Pocket Guide to the Application of the Dyestuffs of the Badische Analin- & Soda-Fabrik, Badische Company, 412 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 6, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.3 MB PDF


---. Reasons humbly offered against the passing of a bill, instituted, A bill for regulating and encouraging the art of weaving., London, 1695, 4 pages. Posted August 1, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 348 KB PDF


---. Sewing Materials, Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Scisnces, 1923, 130 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 26, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 10 MB PDF


---. Silk: Its Origin, Culture, and Manufacture, Corticelli Silk Mills, 1911, 46 pages. Posted April 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.1 MB PDF


---. Summary of the Principal Chinese Treatises Upon the Culture of the Mulberry and the Rearing of Silk Worms, Peter Force, 1838, 203 pages. Posted July 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.4 MB PDF


--- Teneriffe Lace. Designs and Instructions 1904, Earl and Co., 56 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 26, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.82 MB PDF


--- Textilsammlung Ikle. Katalog 1908, Industrie - und Gewerbemuseum St Gallen, 288 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 26, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 29.5 MB PDF


---. Textile Collections, A Bibliography: Books, Samples, Cassette-Slides, Pamphlets (3rd edition), American River College Library, 1982, 37 pages. Posted March 19, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 2.1 MB PDF


---. The Advance of the Northrop Loom, 1900, 106 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.5 MB PDF


---. The Anna Dike Scott Collection of Old Lace, 89 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 11, 2004. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.4 MB PDF


---. The Imperial Macramé Lace Book, Barbour Flax Spinning Company, 1878, 66 pages. Posted March 17, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.4 MB PDF


---. The linnen and woollen manufactory discoursed: with the nature of companies and trade in general: and particularly, that of the company's for the linnen manufactory of England and Ireland. With some reflections how the trade of Ireland hath formerly, and may now affect England. Printed at the request of a peer of this realm., Thomas Mercer, 1698, 54 pages. Posted August 1, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF


---. The Queen Lace Book: A Historical and Descriptive Account of the Hand-Made Antique Laces of All Countries, Queen Office, 1874, 60 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 2, 2003. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 4.9 MB PDF


--- The Romance of Lace 1920, Zion Lace Industries, 54 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 14, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.01MB PDF


---. Venetianische Musterblaetter aus dem XVI Jahrhundert - Le Pompe, Second Book. [Venetian Pattern Sheets of the Sixteenth Century], , 1879, 35 pages. Posted March 17, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF


---. Warp and Weft (reprinted from Wool Knowledge. The Journal of Wool Education), 1967, 64 pages. Posted October 10, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 13.6 MB PDF.


---. Weldon's Encyclopedia of Needlework, Waverly, 59 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Selected sections. Posted November 10, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 14.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 15.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 828 KB PDF.


---. Western Art, Handbook of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1910, 27 pages. Posted July 11, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.8 MB PDF


---. Woman's Institute Library of Dressmaking, Woman's Institute, 1923, 281 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 14, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 5.1 MB PDF.


---. Wool and Manufactures of Wool, Government Printing Office, 1910, 155 pages. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.6 MB PDF.


---. Zhi si jing quan tu, 1916, 14 pages. Note: Poor quality, especially images. Completeness and page order uncertain. Posted July 13, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.2 MB PDF


A lAigle Da. Le Filet Brodé [Embroidered Filet] , 34 pages. Note: Landscape mode. Reduced to 80% to fit on page. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 28, 2003. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.3 MB PDF


A.M.K. Old Lace Manual, 1910, 45 pages. Posted January 24, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.0 MB PDF


Ainley, Albert. Practical Loomfixing, 1907, 103 pages. Posted January 19, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.6 MB PDF


Algoud, Henri. Gaspar Grégoire et ses Velours d'Art [ Gaspar Gregoires and his Art Velvet], Société Française d'Imprimerie et de Libraire, 1908, 45 pages. Note: Provided by Pierre Demoule. Posted June 19, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.1 MB PDF


Antonello Book on Lace--Bertozzi 1604 92 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.2 MB PDF


Arthur, Leo. Der Echte Teppich: Praktische Anleitung zur Heimerzeugung von Teppichen in allen Knüpf- und Webetechniken [The Oriental Carpet. Instructions for the home production of carpets in all the knotting and weaving techniques], Manz Verlar, 1926, 167 pages. Posted December 14, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.6 MB PDF.


Ashenhurst, Thomas R. A Practical Treatise on Weaving and Designing Textile Fabrics, Broadbent, 1887, 420 pages. Posted March 26, 2002. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.4 MB PDF.


Ashenhurst, Thomas R. A Treatise on Textile Calculations and the Structure of Fabrics, Huddersfield, 1902, 240 pages. Posted February 20, 2004. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.5 MB PDF


Ashenhurst, Thomas R. An Album of Textile Designs Containing Upwards of 7,000 Patterns Suitable for Fabrics of Every Description, J. Broadbent & Co., 1881, 222 pages. Note: Free WIFs of the patterns in his book are available at www.handweaving.net. Posted February 3, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.2 MB PDF.


Ashenhurst, Thomas R. Ashenhurst's Cloth Structure Tables, Journal Printing Company, 13 pages. Note: 2-up. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 15, 2004. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Ashenhurst, Thomas R. Design in Textile Fabrics, Cassell, 1883, 271 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.0 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.3 MB PDF.


Ashenhurst, Thomas R. Lectures on Practical Weaving and Cloth Dissection, J. Broadbent & Co., 1896, 636 pages. Posted March 11, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.8 MB PDF.


Ashton, Frederick T. The Theory & Practice of the Art of Designing Fancy Cotton & Woollen Cloths From Sample, Henry Carey Baird, 1874, 69 pages. Note: The plates are physically very large and have been reduced dramatically to fit on the page. Image files, full size, are available, 4 to 8 MB each: Plate 1 JPEG Plate 2 JPEG Plate 3 JPEG Plate 4 JPEG Plate 5 JPEG Plate 6 JPEG Plate 7 JPEG Plate 8 JPEG Plate 9 JPEG . Posted September 12, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.0 MB PDF.


Ashton, Leigh. Samplers Selected and Described with an Introduction by Leigh Ashton, The Mayflower Press, Plymouth, 1926, 103 pages. Posted May 2, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 784 KB PDF. Part 2: File size 2.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 12.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 12.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 13.6 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 13.2 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 12.4 MB PDF.


Bailey, James. Loom Tuning, Emmott & Company, 1907, 143 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape mode. 72 document pages. Posted December 24, 2002. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.2 MB PDF


Baldwin, A. A. A Treatise on Designing and Weaving Plain and Fancy Woolen Cloths, Industrial Record Company, 1878, 65 pages. Posted April 11, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5 MB PDF


Baldwin, A. A. Self-Instruction in Textile Designing; of, A Practical Guide in Designing & Weaving, Ams A. Baldwiny, 1890, 146 pages. Posted April 19, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.4 MB PDF


Baldwin, A. A. The Loom Fixers' Manual, A. A. Baldwin, 1883, 108 pages. Note: 2-up. 54 document pages. Posted December 24, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.9 MB PDF


Balls, W. Lawrence. The Cotton Plant in Egypt, Macmillan and Co., 1919, 215 pages. Posted February 1, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.3 MB PDF.


Balls. W. Lawrence. The Development and Properties of Raw Cotton, A . & C. Black, 1915, 250 pages. Posted November 17, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.3 MB PDF.


Barker, A. F. The Analysis & Reproduction of Textile Fabrics, Marsden, 1894, 232 pages. Posted June 19, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.9 MB PDF


Barker, A. F. and E. Midgley. Analysis of Woven Fabrics, Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1914, 328 pages. Posted March 26, 2002. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 5.2 MB PDF.


Barker, Aldred F. An Introduction to the Study of Textile Design, Methuen & Co., 1903, 282 pages. Note: Part 3 is a catalog of the publisher's books. Posted June 24, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 4.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 2.8 MB PDF.


Barker, Aldred F. Textiles, Constable & Co., 1910, 395 pages. Posted September 8, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.9 MB PDF.


Barker, Aldred F. and E. Priestley. Wool Carding and Combing, Cassel and Co., 1912, 319 pages. Posted February 8, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8 MB PDF.


Barlow, Alfred. The History and Principles of Weaving, Henry Carey Baird, 1878, 458 pages. Posted May 8, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.2 MB PDF.


Bayard, Emile. L'Art de Reconnaitre les Dentelles [The Art of Recognising Laces], 1914, 356 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 13, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 6.5 MB PDF.


Beaumont, Roberts. Carpets and Rugs, Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1924, 441 pages. Posted March 5, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.1 MB PDF.


Beaumont, Roberts. Colour in Woven Design, London: Whittaker, 1912, 372 pages. Posted April 9, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.8 MB PDF.


Beaumont, Roberts. Dress, Blouse, and Costume Cloths: Design and Fabric Manufacture, Pitman, 1921, 621 pages. Posted December 14, 2002. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 10.9 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 10 MB PDF.


Beaumont, Roberts. Standard Cloths: Structure and Manufacture, Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1916, 357 pages. Posted September 25, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 4.7 MB PDF.


Beaumont, Roberts. The Finishing of Textile Fabrics, Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1909, 278 pages. Posted April 6, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.7 MB PDF.


Beaumont, Roberts. Woolen and Worsted: The Theory and Technology of the Manufacture of Woolen, Worsted, and Union Yarns and Fabrics, Vol. 1, The Library Press Limited, 1916, 307 pages. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 5.9 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9.5 MB PDF.


Beaumont, Roberts. Woven Fabrics at the World's Fair, Emmott & Co., 1894, 132 pages. Note: Digital photography. Posted February 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.5 MB PDF.


Beebe, C. D. Lace, Ancient and Modern, Sharps Publishing Company, 1880, 268 pages. Note: Part 3 contains handwritten notes and clippings. Posted October 30, 2002. CD (LDA01). CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 5 MB PDF.


Bell, T. Jacquard Weaving and Designing, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895, 335 pages. Note: Part 4 is a catalog of the publisher's books. Posted June 19, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 5.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 5.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 2.1 MB PDF.


Blakeman, Philo. The Weaver's Assistant, Skinner, 1818, 68 pages. Posted August 23, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3. 2 MB PDF


Blanc, M. Charles. Dentelles: L'Art dans la Parure et dans le Vétement [Lace: Art in Adornment and Costume], Librairie Renouard, 1875, 39 pages. Note: Selected pages. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.9 MB PDF


Blanchard, Mary Miles. The Basketry Book, Scribner's Sons, 1914, 149 pages. Posted January 17, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.1 MB PDF


Blum, Clara M. Old World Lace or A Guide for the Lace Lover, E. P. Dutton, 1920, 82 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted December 24, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF.


Bolton, Ethel Stanwood and Coe, Eva Johnston. American Samplers, The Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1921, 553 pages. Posted May 8, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 13.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 8.7 MB PDF.


Bonafous, Matthieu. De L'Education de Vers a Soie [On Raising Silkworms], Madame Huzard, 1827, 98 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.8 MB PDF


Boos, W. Herstellung von Drehergeweben auf Mechanischen und Handwebstuehlen [ Manufacture of Leno Weave on Mechanical or Handlooms ], 1943, 73 pages. Posted May 15, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.1 MB PDF


Bosheck, Wilhelm. Die Florgewebe Teppich, Plüsch, Samt, Frottierstoffe usw [The pile weaves: carpet, plush, velvet, terry, etc.], Hartleben's, 1905, 152 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.7 MB PDF


Bradbury, Fred. Calculations in Yarns and Fabrics, 1896, 311 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 31, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.9 MB PDF


Bradbury, Fred. Flax Culture and Preparation, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 187 pages. Posted February 22, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11.1 MB PDF


Bradbury, Fred. Jacquard Mechanism and Harness Mounting, F. King & Sons, Ltd., 1912, 355 pages. Posted May 2, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 4.5 MB PDF.


Bradbury, Fred. Worsted Preparing and Spinning, Vol. 1, F. King, 296 pages. Posted November 25, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10 MB PDF


Bradbury, Fred. Worsted Preparing and Spinning, Vol. 2, F. King, 304 pages. Posted November 25, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.4 MB PDF


Bradbury, Fred. Worsted Preparing and Spinning, Vol. 3, F. King, 348 pages. Posted November 25, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.2 MB PDF


Brazzá, Cora A. Slocomb di. A Guide to Old and New Lace in Italy Exhibited at Chicago in 1893, W. B. Conkey, 1893, 185 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 8.6 MB PDF


Brieuvres, Marguerite de. La Dentelle. Historique de la Dentelle à Travers les Ages et les Pays [ Lace: A History of Lace Across the Ages and Countries], Paris, 171 pages. Posted April 9, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 5.1 MB PDF


Brignardello, G. B. I Merletti del Circondario di Chiavari - [Lace in the Area of Chiavari], September 1873, 59 pages. Note: reproduced from very large PDF. Posted April 24, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.1 MB PDF


Brown, Alan. A Rough Lot..., self-published, 2001, 51 pages. Note: posted with written permission from the author. Posted July 29, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.6 MB PDF


Brown, Alan. Lace and the Emerald Isle, self-published, 2000, 49 pages. Note: posted with written permission from the author. Posted July 29, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 11.5 MB PDF


Brown, Alan. Take the Children, self-published, 2000, 49 pages. Note: posted with written permission from the author. Posted June 28, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.3 MB PDF


Brown, Alexander. A Practical Treatise on the Construction of the Power-Loom and the Art of Weaving, James P. Mathew, 1921, 172 pages. Posted December 12, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.8 MB PDF


Brown, Alexander. The Construction of the Power Loom and the Art of Weaving, Mathew, ca. 1890, 154 pages. Posted September 18, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.7 MB PDF


Brown, Nellie Clark. How to Make Battenberg and Point Lace, The Priscilla Publishing Company, 1900, 47 pages. Note: Scanned image provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 23, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.9 MB PDF


Brown, Nellie Clarke The Priscilla Battenberg and Point Lace Book 1912, 52 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 14, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.09MB PDF


Butler, Edward A. Silkworms. Young Collector Series 2nd Ed, Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1892, 108 pages. Posted July 5, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.4 MB PDF


Carità. Lacis, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1909, 158 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 1, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.9 MB PDF


Carrier, Amans. Des Vers a Soie [Silkworms], 1838, 30 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF


Carter, Herbert A. Ramie (Rhea), China Grass: The New Textile Fibre; All About It, Technical Publishing Company, 1910, 193 pages. Posted June 14, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.9 MB PDF


Ceresole, V. Origines de la Dentelle de Venise [Origins of Venetian Lace], 1878, 14 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 316 KB PDF


Chaleye, Joannes. Le Puy Spitzen. Kompositionen von [Le Puy Lace Designs by ] Joannes Chaleye , 33 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 6.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 9.0 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 13.1 MB PDF.


Chamberlain, John and James Henry Quilter. Knitted Fabrics, Pitman, 178 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 3, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.6 MB PDF


Channer, C.C. and M.E. Roberts Lace-Making in the Midlands Past and Present Methuen & Co. 1900, 176 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 1, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 19.6 MB PDF


Charles, Marguerite and M. Laurent Pagés. Les Broderies et les Dentelles [Embroidery and Lace], Librairie Félix Juven, 1905, 223 pages. Note: Selected pages. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 15, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.1 MB PDF.


Chase, Ebenezer. The Weavers Guide, n.d., n.p., 2 pages. Posted March 19, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF


Child, Josiah. An Essay on Wool and Woollen Manufacture, Henry Bonwicke, 1693, 19 pages. Note: Scanned from microfilm. Posted March 5, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Chittick, James. Silk Manufacture and its Problems, James Chittick, 1913, 579 pages. Posted June 8, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 5.3 MB PDF.


Chittick, James and E. A. Posselt. A Glossary of Silk Terms, Including a Short History of Silk, its Origin, Culture and Manufacture, Cheney Brothers, 1915, 95 pages. Note: 2-up. Posted June 24, 1999. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.6 MB PDF


Clark, W. A. Graham Swiss Embroidery and Lace Industry 1908, 50 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 16, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.69 MB PDF


Clifford, C. R. The Lace Dictionary, Clifford & Lawton, 1913, 155 pages. Note: Sanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 11, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 11 MB PDF


Cole, Alan S. Ancient Needlepoint and Pillow Lace, Arundel Society, 1875, 59 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on page. Posted December 26, 2003. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 5.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.2 MB PDF.


Cole, Alan S. Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Lace in the South Kensington Museum 1881, 234 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.8 MB PDF


Cole, Alan S. Hand-Made Laces from the South Kensington Museum, Sutton, 1890, 35 pages. Note: Reduced to 75% to fit on page. Posted December 26, 2003. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9 MB PDF.


Cole, Alan S. Honiton Lace Industry : Copy of Report 1888, 22 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 1, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Cole, Alan Summerly. A Renascence of the Irish Art of Lace-Making, Chapman and Hall, 1888, 39 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Problems with missing and out-of-order pages fixed January 31, 2003. Posted November 16, 2002. CD (LDA01). CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.4 MB PDF


Collin, Maria. Flamskväv och Finnväv [Tapestry and Double Weave], ÿhlén & ÿkerlunds Förlag, 1927, 35 pages. Posted February 20, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 2.3 MB PDF


Collinges, John. The Weavers Pocket-book, or, Weaving Spiritualized, John Brown, 1695, 177 pages. Posted May 24, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.1 MB PDF


Collingwood, Peter. Rug Weaving Techniques: Beyond the Basics, Interweave Press, 1990, 160 pages. Note: By permission of the author. Posted April 3, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8 MB PDF.


Collingwood, Peter. The Techniques of Rug Weaving, Waton-Guptill, 1968, 577 pages. Note: By permission of the author. Posted April 1, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 7.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9 MB PDF.


Cooke, J. Herbert. The Velvet and Corduroy Industry, Pitman, 156 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 6, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.1 MB PDF


Cooper, Grace Rogers. The Copp Family Textiles, Smithsonian Press, 1971, 73 pages. Note: Published without copyright notice. Posted October 26, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11. 7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.8 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 6.9 MB PDF.


Cottier, Jacques. La Dentelle aux Fuseaux 3rd Edition, 1908, 99 pages. Posted August 11, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 13.2MB PDF


Cronbach, Else. Die Oesterreichische Spitzenhausindustrie [ The Austrian Domestic Lacemaking Industry, including a Paper on the Policies of Domestic Industry ], Wien und Leipzig, Franz Deuticke, 1907, 216 pages. Posted April 12, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 9.7 MB PDF


D'Alq, Louise. Traité de la Dentelle au Fuseau [A Treatise on Bobbin Lace], Librairie de la Famille, 1879, 134 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape mode. 67 document pages. Posted March 9, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.1 MB PDF


D'Appligny, Plieur. L'Art de Teinture de Fils et Ëtoffes de Coton [The Art of Dyeing Cotton Threads and Fabrics], Chex Serviere, Libraire, rue de Foin-Jacques, 1798, 284 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 10.7 MB PDF


Darby, W. D. Wool: The World's Comforter, Dry Goods Economist, 1922, 94 pages. Posted February 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.7 MB PDF


Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie. Advice to Sheperds, Belcher, 1811, 158 pages. Note: Pages missing from original. Scanned from microfiche. Posted May 5, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.4 MB PDF.


Davydoff, Sophie. La Dentelle Russe: Historie Technique Statistique [Russian Lace: History, Technique, and Theory], Heirsemann, 1895, 109 pages. Note: Reduced to 80% to fit on page. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 28, 2002. CD (LDA01). CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 12.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.4 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 13.1 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 11.2 MB PDF.


Day, Lewis F. Ornamental Design, R. T. Batsford, 1897, 342 pages. Note: Three volumes in one. 2-up. 171 document pages. Posted June 1, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.6 MB PDF.


Day, Lewis F. Pattern Design, B. T. Batsford, 1903, 286 pages. Posted December 19, 2004. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.4 MB PDF.


De Jager-Meezenbroek, L. J. Kantklossen Techniek (Bobbin Lace Technique with Simple Examples), Eska, Utrecht, 49 pages. Posted June 2, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 2.3 MB PDF


de Lantsheere, L. Carlier. Trésor de L'Art Dentellier [A Treasury of the Art of Lacemaking], Libraire Nationale D'Art et D'Histoire, 1922, 352 pages. Note: Reduced to 90% to fit on standard paper. Rebuilt March 9, 2003. Posted March 9, 2003. CD (LDA01). CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.3 MB PDF.


Dedekam, Hans. Aarbog 1911 [1911 Yearbook] Aarbog, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, 1912, 138 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 8, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 4.5 MB PDF.


Denny, Grace Goldena. Fabrics and How to Know Them, Lippincott, 1923, 143 pages. Posted May 22, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.5 MB PDF.


Despierres, G. Histoire du Point d'Alençon depuis son Origine jusq'uà nos Jours [History of Alençon Lace from its Origin to the Present ], 1886, 287 pages. Posted March 19, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF.


Devonia The Honiton Lace Book 1875 98 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.36 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Alphabet de la Brodeuse [The Embroiderer's Alphabet], Dillmont, July 1932, 151 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (CWDA03). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 12.2 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 12.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 7.1 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Assisi Embroideries, DMC Library, 39 pages. Posted August 1, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.0 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Broderies Yougoslaves 2me Series [Yugoslavian Embroideries], Bibliotheque DMC, 46 pages. Posted August 2, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 7.3 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Cross Stitch, DMC Library, 28 pages. Posted August 2, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 5.6 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Czecho-Slovakian Embroideries, DMC Library, 51 pages. Posted August 2, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 7.2 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Dentelle Ténériffe [ Teneriffe Lace], Bibliotheque DMC, April 1931, 41 pages. Posted January 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 7.4 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Drawn Thread Work, DMC, 106 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 7, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 13 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.2 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Filet-Guipure, DMC Library, 35 pages. Posted August 2, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 11.0 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.6 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Filet-Guipure [Filet Lace], Th. de Dillmont, 1923, 35 pages. Note: Landscape mode. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 6, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.2 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Irish Crochet Lace, 73 pages. Note: PDFs provided by Judith Combs. Landscape mode. The nine linen patterns are reproduced full size in Part 4. Requires AcroRead 7.0 or later to view. Posted September 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.6 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Kreuzstich Neue Muster 1. Serie [New Designs in Cross Stitch. Series 1], Bibliothek DMC, February 1911, 33 pages. Posted August 1, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 7.5 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. La Dentelle Renaissance [ Renaissance Lace ], Bibliotheque DMC, 108 pages. Posted February 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.1 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Le Crochet VIme Serie [ Crochet VI th Series ], Bibliotheque DMC, 64 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Josette Martin and Sofi Michel. Posted January 24, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 5.9 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Le Filet Brodé [ Embroidered Filet], Bibliotheque DMC, August 1912, 60 pages. Posted February 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 8.6 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Le Filet-Richelieu [Richelieu Filet Embroidery], Bibliotheque DMC, August 1930, 54 pages. Posted February 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 11.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.5 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Les Dentelles à l'Aiguille (Première Série) [ Needle-Made Laces (First Series)], Bibliotheque DMC, 33 pages. Note: scanned images provided by Sofi Michel. Posted February 22, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux 1re Serie [Bobbin Laces, First Series ], Bibliotheque DMC, March 1921, 226 pages. Note: some pages reduced to fit. Posted December 13, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 13.5 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux IIme Serie [Bobbin Laces, Second Series ], Bibliotheque DMC, November 1924, 142 pages. Note: some pages reduced to fit (scanned images provided by Sofi). Posted November 7, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 16.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 16.9 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 22.5 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 11.4 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 17.9 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Les Jours sur Toile IIme Série [Drawn Thread Work Second Series], Bibliotheque DMC, September 1927, 88 pages. Posted February 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Les Jours sur Toile Ire Série [ Drawn Thread Work First Series], Bibliotheque DMC, 107 pages. Posted February 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.6 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Macramé, DMC Library, 49 pages. Posted December 13, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 12.0 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Motifs pour Broderies 1re Série [Embroidery Motifs First Series], Bibliotheque DMC, 113 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 21, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.4 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Motivi per Ricami (3a Serie )[Embroidery Motifs], Bibliotheque DMC, 29 pages. Posted January 20, 2009. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.0 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Motivi per Ricami (Serie IV)[Embroidery Motifs], Bibliotheque DMC, 29 pages. Posted December 29, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.7 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Needle-Made Laces; 1st Series, D.M.C, 1900, 105 pages. Posted November 14, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.3 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Needle-Made Laces ( 1st Series), DMC Library, July 1910, 69 pages. Posted February 20, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 13.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Point de Croix Nouveaux Dessins 1re serie [New Cross Stitch Designs], Bibliotheque DMC, 33 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 21, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.1 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Ricami Norvegesi [Norwegian Embroidery/Hardanger], Bibliotheque DMC, 1913, 61 pages. Posted January 20, 2009. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 10.7 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Tatting, Th. de Dillmont, 64 pages. Note: Landscape mode. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 13, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 5.4 MB PDF


Dillmont, Thérèse de. The Embroiderer's Alphabet. , DMC Library, May 1910, 143 pages. Posted August 1, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 9.0 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.3 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. The Net Work, DMC, 60 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 7, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.4 MB PDF.


Dillmont, Thérèse de. Trine All 'Ago, la Serie [Needle Lace, 1st Series], DMC Library, 1911, 69 pages. Posted January 20, 2009. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 12.3 MB PDF


Dolby, Anastasia. Church Embroidery, Chapman and Hall, 1867, 222 pages. Posted June 4, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 8.1 MB PDF


Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, V. A. and A. G. . Al'bom tkachestva uzorvb [Album of Weaving Patterns], 1912, 57 pages. Posted April 13, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.7 MB PDF


Donat, Franz. Bindungs-Lexikon für Schaftweberei [Dictionary of weave structures for loom weaving], Hartleben's, 163 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape mode. Posted November 4, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.1 MB PDF


Donat, Franz. Die färbige Gewebemuchromsterung [Polychrome patterning], Hartleben's, 1907, 127 pages. Posted May 22, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 2.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 5.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 6.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 6.3 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 6.3 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 4.4 MB PDF.


Donat, Franz. Large Book of Textile Patterns, Hartleben's, ca. 1895, 341 pages. Note: Color version. Color pages formerly missing added November 5, 2004. Reduced to 62% to fit on page. Landscape mode. Posted November 5, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.8 MB PDF.


Donat, Franz. Large Book of Textile Patterns, Hartleben's, ca. 1895, 339 pages. Note: Black-and-white copy; see color version above. Landscape mode. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 14.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.0 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 11.5 MB PDF.


Donat, Franz. Methodik der Bindungslehre, Decomposition und Calculation für Schaftweberei [Methods of weave construction and decomposition for loom weaving], Hartleben's, 181 pages. Posted September 28, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.0 MB PDF.


Donat, Franz. Technologie, Bindungslehre, Dekomposition und Kalkulation der Jacquard-Weberei [Technology, weave structure, decomposition and calculations for jacquard weaving], Wien: Hartelben's, 1912, 170 pages. Posted May 8, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 5.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 6.7 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 7.5 MB PDF.


Donat, Franz. Technologie der Jacquard-Weberei [Technology of Jacquard weaving], Hartleben's, 1902, 132 pages. Posted August 22, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.7 MB PDF


Donner, Mizi and Carl Schnebel. Ich kann Handarbeiten [I can do Needlework], Verlag Ullstein, 105 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted June 8, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.5 MB PDF.


Dormoy. Dentelles de l'Europe Centrale, Alber Levy, 1926, 76 pages. Note: Scanned images provideed by Tess Parrish. Posted January 21, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.8 MB PDF.


Dreger, M. Entwicklungs-Geschichte der Spitze [History of the Development of Lace], Anton Schroll, 1910, 292 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 28, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 12 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.6 MB PDF.


Dudding, Jean. Coggeshall Lace, 1976, 25 pages. Note:Scanned images provided by Alex Stillwell. Posted March 2020. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.2 MB PDF.


Dudding, Jean. Creating Coggeshall Lace, 1979, 28 pages. Note:Scanned images provided by Alex Stillwell. Posted March 2020. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 23 MB PDF.


Dudding, Jean. Coggeshall Tambour Lace - a short history, 1988, 55 pages. Note:Scanned images provided by Alex Stillwell. Posted March 2020. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.5 MB PDF.


Dudding, Jean. Creating Coggeshall Lace,(revised edition) 1988, 32 pages. Note:Scanned images provided by Alex Stillwell. Posted March 2020. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.7 MB PDF.


Dumas, Jean Baptiste. Précis de l'Art de la Teinture [A Treatise on the Art of Dyeing], Impremerie D'Alexandre Bailly, 1846, 425 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.6 MB PDF.


Dumville, J. and S. Kershaw. The Worsted Industry, Pitman, 143 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 6, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.3 MB PDF


Duncan, John. Practical and Descriptive Essays on the Art of Weaving, Duncan-Longman, Hurst, Rees, 1808, 371 pages. Posted May 10, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.6 MB PDF.


Egenolf, Christian. Modelbuch aller art Nehewercks und Stickens, George Gilbers, 1880, 75 pages. Note: Reprint of 1527 book. Posted June 27, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4 MB PDF


Ekenmark, Maria Christina. Mönster-Bok for Unga Fruntimmer [Pattern Book for Young Ladies (Damask)], Gidlunds, 1984, 95 pages. Note: Reproduction of 1827 manuscript. Posted March 19, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.6 MB PDF


Elbers, Wilhelm. Bedienung der Arbeitsmaschinen zur Hellstellung Bedruckter Baumwollstoffe unter Berücksichtigung der wichtigsten Arbeitsmaschinen der Spinnerei und Weberei [Operating Working Machines for the Production of Printed Cotton Fabrics with Special Emphasis on the Most Important Working Machines for Weaving and Spinning], Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1909, 275 pages. Posted October 9, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.6MB PDF. Part 7: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 9 MB PDF.


Elliot, M. H. ed. Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building, Goupil, 1893, 61 pages. Note: Selected pages. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 4, 2002. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 12 MB PDF


Ericson, N. J. [A Collection for Learning Bobbin Lacemaking for Vocational Schools and Workshops],, 1913, 32 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 5, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.7 MB PDF


Evans, Mary. The Story of Textiles, Little, Brown and Company. Boston, 1942, 68 pages. Posted October 12, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.8 MB PDF


Falcot, P. Traité des Tissus [A Treatise on Fabrics], Elbeuf, 1844, 715 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 5.4 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.6 MB PDF.


Falke, Otto von. Kunstgeschichte der Seidenweberei, Vol. 1 [Art History of Silk Weaving], Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1913, 213 pages. Note: Rebuilt March 15, 2003. Posted January 16, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 12.6 MB PDF.


Falke, Otto von. Kunstgeschichte der Seidenweberei, Vol. 2 [Art History of Silk Weaving], Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1913, 240 pages. Note: Rebuilt May 1, 2003. Posted May 1, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.6 MB PDF.


Felkin, William. A History of the Machine-Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufacturers, Burt Franklin, New York, 1967, 608 pages. Posted April 18, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.9 MB PDF.


Fewkes, Jesse Fine Thread, Lace and Hosiery 1904, 62 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 26, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.29 MB PDF


Finsterbusch, Robert. Die mechanische Weberei und die Fabrikation der Kunst- und Figurendreher [Mechanical Weaving and the Production of Leno and Leno Figures], Verlag von Anton Send, 1890, 270 pages. Posted September 15, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.1 MB PDF.


Fischbach, Frederick Lace Album 1878 116 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.9 MB PDF


Fox, Thomas W. The Mechanism of Weaving, Macmillan, 1922, 603 pages. Note: 2-up. Posted March 28, 2000. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 4.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 4.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 4.8 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 4.8 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 4.6 MB PDF.


Franke, O. Kêng Tschi T'u. Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in China: Ein kaiserliches lehr- und mahn-Buch. [Agriculture and Silk Production in China: An Imperial Instruction and Cautionary Book], 1913, 312 pages. Posted February 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 12.5 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 9.2 MB PDF.


Frauberger, Tina. Spitzenkunde [Lace], Seemann, 1894, 278 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted December 24, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.7 MB PDF.


Fressinet, B. Atlas D'Armures Textiles [A Collection of Weaving Patterns], 204 pages. Note: Free WIFs of the patterns in this book are available at www.handweaving.net. Posted June 22, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 7 MB PDF.


Frickinger, Johann Michael. Weber-Bild-Buch [Weaving Pattern Book], 1767, 117 pages. Posted October 20, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 4.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 4.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 4.9 MB PDF.


Furuya, Korin. Shima shima V1., Kyoto, 1904, 44 pages. Posted May 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.8 MB PDF


Furuya, Korin. Shima shima V2., Kyoto, 1904, 43 pages. Posted May 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.3 MB PDF


Gaddum, H. Silk, H. T. Gaddum & Company, 1948, 64 pages. Posted July 15, 1999. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.2 MB PDF


Gaillard. De la Taille et de la Culture du Murier [On Pruning and the Cultivation of Mulberry Trees], Madame Huzard, Libraire, 1838, 68 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2 MB PDF


Gardner, Walter M. Wool Dyeing, Part 1, John Heywood, 1896, 105 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape mode. 53 document pages. Posted March 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7 MB PDF


Gentzsch, Alfred. Die Sächische Tamburgardinen-Stickerei [Tambour Embroidery on Curtains in Saxony], Oskar Bonde, 1910, 163 pages. Note: Dissertation. Posted May 11, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 13.6 MB PDF


Georgievics, G, von. Chemical Technology of Textile Fibres, Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1902, 345 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 23, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.5 MB PDF.


Gheltof, G. M. Urbani de. A Technical History of the Manufacture of Venetian Lace, Ferd Organia Edit, 1888, 62 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 27, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.7 MB PDF


Gibbs, Charlotte M. Household Textiles, Whitcomb & Barrows, 1913, 253 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 13, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 11.6 MB PDF


Gill, Anna A. Practical Basketry, 1916, 169 pages. Posted June 4, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 6.8 MB PDF


Gilroy, Clinton G. The Art of Weaving, by Hand and by Power, George D. Baldwin, 1844, 617 pages. Posted October 8, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.3 MB PDF.


Goforth, Flora Dee. Weave it Yourself, United States Indian Service, 1947, 99 pages. Note: Reduced to 80% to fit on page. Posted December 16, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 11.4 MB PDF


Goldenberg, Samuel L. Lace: Its Origin and History, Brentano's, 1904, 82 pages. Posted September 25, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 5.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.1 MB PDF.


Goubaud, Madame. Madame Goubaud's Point Lace Book, Ward, Locak, and Tylse, 61 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 10, 2004. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.2 MB PDF


Goux, G. Technologie de Tissage UniX: et Façonnés [The Technology of Plan and Patterned Textiles], Lycée Technique, 119 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted June 19, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.1 MB PDF.


Gram, Irma. De Gamle Kniplingers Historie [The Story of Old Lace], Forlagt AV H. Aschehoug & Co., 1921, 100 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 4, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6 MB PDF.


Grasset, K. Weaving and Pattern Drafting, London School of Weaving, 63 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Eva Basile. Page number 24, formerly missing, was added on July 16, 2003. Posted July 16, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.1 MB PDF


Grimonprez, Constant. Tissage Analysé: Théorie et Pratique (Atlas) [Analysis of Weaving: Theory and Practice (Illustrations)], A. Dubois & Cie, 1878, 137 pages. Note: Reduced to 95% to fit on page. Posted August 27, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.0 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 11.3 MB PDF.


Gruner, Anton. Theorie der Schaft- und Jacquard-Gewebe [Theory of shaft and jacquard weaving], Hartleben's, 1902, 149 pages. Posted August 11, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9 MB PDF.


Guernsey, Samuel James and Alfred Vincent Kidder. Basket-Maker Caves of Northeastern Arizona, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1921, 172 pages. Posted September 19, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.3 MB PDF.


Guest, Richard. A Compendious History of the Cotton Manufacture, Joseph Platt, 1823, 85 pages. Posted December 14, 2002. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.3 MB PDF


Haddon, Alfred C. and Laura E. Start. Iban or Sea Dayak Fabrics and their Patterns, Cambridge University Press, 1936, 205 pages. Note: Copyright not renewed. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11 MB PDF.


Hailstone, E, H. Designs for Lace Making, E. J. Francis, 1870, 47 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted June 24, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 10.7 MB PDF


Haines, Richard, 1633-1685. Proposals for Building, in Every County, a Working-almshouse or Hospital as the Best Expedient to Perfect the Trade and Manufactory of Linnen-cloth , W.G. for R. Harford, 1677, 29 pages. Note: 2-up. 15 document pages. Posted June 2, 2003. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF


Hall, A. J. Dyes, Pitman, 141 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 4, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.9 MB PDF


Hall, Eliza Calvert. A Book of Hand-Woven Coverlets, Little, Brown & Co., 1912, 392 pages. Posted July 21, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.1 MB PDF.


Halle, Johann Samuel. Die Wollarbeiter [Wool Workers]; Werkstätte der heutigen Künste oder die neue Kunsthistorie, Die sechzehnte Abhandlung], Wendelin und Halle, 1762, 87 pages. Posted February 12, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.6 MB PDF.


Halle, Johann Samuel. Seidenmanufaktur [Silk Manufacture]; Werkstätte der heutigen Künste oder die neue Kunsthistorie, Die eilfte [sic] Abhandlung], Wendelin und Halle, 1762, 47 pages. Posted February 12, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.7 MB PDF.


Halle, Johann Samuel. Ueber einige Weberstüle [About Several Looms]; Werkstätte der heutigen Künste oder die neue Kunsthistorie, Die zehnte Abhandlung], Wendelin und Halle, 1761, 47 pages. Posted February 9, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6 MB PDF


Hannover, Emil. Tønderske Kniplinger det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum Udstilling 1908 [Laces from Tønder, Denmark; Danish Museum of Applied Art Exhibit 1908], Lehmann & Stages, 1911, 103 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 4, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.7 MB PDF.


Hardouin, G. Album de Broderie et de Filet [ Album of Embroidery and Filet ], , 50 pages. Posted February 12, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.5 MB PDF.


Hardouin, G. Album de Dentelle de Venise [ Album of Venetian Lace ], , 50 pages. Note: scanned images provided by Sofi Michel. Posted January 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF.


Hardouin, G. Album de Filet Brodé [ Album of Embroidered Filet ], , 52 pages. Posted February 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.9 MB PDF.


Hardouin, G. Le Gros Crochet 1er Volume [ Coarse Crochet, First Volume ], , 41 pages. Note: PDF provided by Isabel Gancedo. Posted August 14, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 12.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 15.8 MB PDF.


Hardouin, G. Le Gros Crochet 2e Volume [ Coarse Crochet, Second Volume ], , 40 pages. Note: PDF provided by Isabel Gancedo. Posted August 17, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 15 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.8 MB PDF.


Hargrove, John. The Weavers Draft Book and Clothiers Assistant, I. Hagerty, 1792, 27 pages. Posted November 16, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF


Hart, Stanley. Wool: The Raw Materials of the Woolen and Worsted Industries, Philadelphia Textile School, 1924, 265 pages. Posted August 29, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10 MB PDF.


Hawkins, Daisy Waterhouse Old Point Lace and How to Copy it 1878 102 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.8 MB PDF


Head, R. E. The Lace & Embroidery Collector, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1922, 297 pages. Posted November 4, 2002. CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8 MB PDF.


Hellot, M. L'Art de la Teinture des Laines [The Art of Dyeing Wool], La Veuve Pissot, 1750, 627 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.6 MB PDF.


Henon, Henri. L'Industrie des Tulles & Dentelles Mécaniques 1815-1900 [The Industry of Machine-made Nets and Laces 1815-1900], 1900, 614 pages. Note: pages 10 and 12 are blank. Scanned images provided by Sofi Michel and Tess Parrish. Posted January 14, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 5.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 17.2 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 16.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 15.5 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 13.4 MB PDF.


Hoare, Katharin L. The Art of Tatting, Longmans, Green and Co., 1910, 127 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 11, 2004. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.2 MB PDF.


Holme, Charles Ed. Peasant Art, 1911, 264 pages. Posted January 9, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 2.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.9 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 12 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 12.3 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 12.7 MB PDF. Part 11: File size 998 KB PDF. Part 12: File size 10.9 MB PDF. Part 13: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 14: File size 10.4 MB PDF. Part 15: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 16: File size 6.5 MB PDF.


Holme, Charles ed. Peasant Art in Italy, The Studio, 1913, 210 pages. Posted August 7, 2003. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.3 MB PDF.


Holmes, James. Manuscript Notes on Weaving, Book I, Lupton Bros., 1912, 145 pages. Note: Facsimile. Posted February 26, 2000. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 14.2 MB PDF


Holmes, James. Manuscript Notes on Weaving, Book II, Lupton Bros., 1912, 171 pages. Note: Facsimile. Posted June 28, 2000. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.9 MB PDF


Honda, Iwajiro. Silk Industry of Japan, The Imperial Tokyo Sericultural Institute, 1909, 221 pages. Posted January 13, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF.


Hooper, Luther. Hand-Loom Weaving: Plain and Ornamental, Pitman & Sons, 1925, 342 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted January 1, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF.


Hooper, Luther. Silk: Its Production and Manufacture, Pitman & Sons, 1911, 126 pages. Posted April 29, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.9 MB PDF


Hooper, Luther. Silk: Its Production and Manufacture [Chinese Translation], Pitman & Sons, 1911, 130 pages. Posted June 23, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.1 MB PDF


Hooper, Luther. The New Draw-Loom, Pitman & Sons, 1932, 236 pages. Posted May 23, 2000. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.5 MB PDF.


Hooper, Luther. Tissage pour Debutants [Weaving for Beginners], 71 pages. Note: Translated into French by Philippe Demoule. Last 15 pages about tabby and twill weaving not included. Posted June 19, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Hooper, Luther. Weaving for Beginners, Pitman & Sons, 1919, 118 pages. Posted January 31, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 4.4 MB PDF


Hooper, Luther. Weaving with Small Appliances, Book I: The Weaving Board, Pitman & Sons, 1922, 93 pages. Posted September 14, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.4 MB PDF


Hooper, Luther. Weaving with Small Appliances, Book II: Tablet Weaving , Pitman & Sons, 1923, 83 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted September 1, 2000. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 2.7 MB PDF


Hooper, Luther. Weaving with Small Appliances, Book III: Table Loom Weaving, Pitman & Sons, 1925, 71 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted December 4, 2000. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.0 MB PDF


House, Florence E. Notes on Weaving Techniques, 1956, 136 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.0 MB PDF.


Hummel. J. J. Colouring Matters for Dyeing Textiles, Philadelphia, PA: David McKay, 1906, 158 pages. Posted March 26, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11 MB PDF


Humpheries, Sydney. Oriental Carpets, Runners and Rugs and Some Jacquard Reproductions, Adam and Charles Black, 1910, 507 pages. Posted February 14, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 7.8 MB PDF.


Hunter, J. A. Wool, Pitman, 1922, 154 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.6 MB PDF


Hutchinson, J. W. The Art of Loom Tuning, 1948, 626 pages. Note: Robotic scanned images provided by Kris Bruland. Posted February 8, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.5 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 8.5 MB PDF.


Ingalls, J F Ingalls' Handbook of Darned Lace Patterns 1885 100 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 8.9 MB PDF


Ingalls, J F Ladies' Fancy Work 1885 92 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.9 MB PDF


Jackson, Mrs. F. Nevill. A History of Hand-Made Lace, Upcott Gill, 1900, 270 pages. Posted March 13, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 6.9 MB PDF.


Janos Bolle. Selyemtenyesztes Japanban, Orszagos Kosegi Nyomda Reszyenytaggsasag [Silkworm Breeding in Japan], 1899, 129 pages. Posted December 17, 2004. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.6 MB PDF


Jones, Mary Eirwen. The Romance of Lace, Spring Books, 141 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted June 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.6 MB PDF.


Jourdain, M. Old Lace: A Handbook for Collectors, B. T. Batsford, 1908, 220 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 28, 2002. CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 11 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.9 MB PDF.


K'rchikean, Hakob. Metak'sabanut'iwn kam aghek metak's shinelu arhest (Sericulture), Hovhannes Miwhentiseanin Tparane, 1846, 263 pages. Note: Armenian. Posted April 8, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 8.9 MB PDF


Kallmann, Ernst. Weben: Einführung in die Techniken des Handwebens [Weaving: Introduction to the theory of hand weaving], Otto Maier, 79 pages. Note: Two large (18.25" x 24.25") pattern sheets come with the book. Posted August 20, 2000. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.8 MB PDF


Kastanek, Ivo. A Manual of Weave Construction: a Systematic Arrangement and Explanation of the Foundation and Derivative Weaves for Harness Looms, Guild & Lord, 1903, 109 pages. Posted October 8, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.0 MB PDF


Kellogg, Charlotte. Bobbins of Belgium, Funk & Wagnalls, 1920, 340 pages. Note: 2-up. 170 document pages. Posted May 5, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.5 MB PDF


Kerzman, Marie Louise Twine Crochet Work 1883 46 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.3 MB PDF


Kinzer, Heinrich. Technologie de Handweberei: Ein Lehr- und Lernbehelf. Teil 1: Die Schaftweberei [Technology of Hand Weaving. A book of instruction and self-instruction, Part 1: Loom Weaving], Verlag von Carl Graeser, 1899, 111 pages. Posted December 24, 2002. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 8.6 MB PDF


Kinzer. Heinrich. Technologie de Handweberei, II Teil: Die Jacquardweberei [The Technology of Handweaving], Karl Graeser, 1900, 119 pages. Posted August 4, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.5 MB PDF


Kirschbaum, Johann Michael. Neues Weberbild- und Musterbuch [New Tie-up and Pattern Book], Heilbronn & Rothenburg, 1771, 100 pages. Note: Scanned from microfilm. Posted September 13, 2001. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.9 MB PDF.


Knapp, Elizabeth Sanborn. Raphia and Reed Weaving, Milton Bradley, 1901, 132 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted January 23, 06. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 4.8 MB PDF


Koch, Alexander. Stickereien und Spitzen [Embroideries and Laces], 204 pages. Posted March 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 13.1 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 5.1 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 10.8 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 14 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 13.4 MB PDF.


Koustouraki-Koukoulari, Kristina. Cretan Bobbin Lace [Kritiko Kopanelli], 1985, 43 pages. Note: Translation from the Greek. Provided by Tess Parrish. Posted September 25, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.3 MB PDF


Koustouraki-Koukoulari, Kristina. Kritiko Kopanelli, 1985, 46 pages. Note: By permission of the author. Posted October 30, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.4 MB PDF


Koustouraki-Koukoulari, Kristina. La dentelle crétoise aux fuseaux [Kritiko Kopanelli; Cretan Bobbin Lace], 1985, 43 pages. Note: Translation from the Greek. Provided by Tess Parrish. For illustrations, see the original Greek or the English translation. Posted September 25, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF


Kraus, Franz. Der Webmeister für mechanische Weberei, I Teil: Einfacher schmaler Wechelstuhl [The Weavin g Master for the Mechanical Loom], Franz Deuticke, 1926, 96 pages. Posted August 5, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.5 MB PDF


Kraus, Franz. Der Webmeister für mechanische Weberei, II Teil: Die schmalen Wechelstühlle, Franz Deuticke, 1926, 84 pages. Posted August 5, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.9 MB PDF


Kraus, Franz. Der Webmeister für mechanische Weberei, III Teil: Die Schaft- und Jacquardmaschinen, Franz Deuticke, 1926, 112 pages. Posted August 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8 MB PDF


Kraus, Franz. Der Webmeister für mechanische Weberei, IV Teil: Die Vorrichtungen für spezielle Gewebe, Franz Deuticke, 1926, 120 pages. Posted August 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.5 KB PDF


Kurz, Hans. Mechanische Bandwebstühle [Mechanical Band Looms], Vienna: Hartleben's, 1924, 160 pages. Posted March 26, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 12.4 MB PDF


la Cour, Jenny and Johanne Siegumfeldt. Dansk Husflidsselskabs Vævebog: 52 Ny Mønstre Til Vaevebog for Hjemmene [Danish Handcraft Association's Weaving Book: 52 New Patterns for Homes], Roms Forlagsforretning, 1916, 71 pages. Note: Digital photography. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.2 MB PDF


La Jeunesse, ed. Filet Artistique (Artistic Filet Embroidery); Ouvrages de Dames, No 263, 18 pages. Posted June 21, 2009. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 3.8MB PDF


Langewald, Ferdinand A. Neueste praktische Lehr-Methode der Weberei zum Selbstunterricht auf Hand- und Maschinenstühlen [Newest Practical Teaching Methods in Self-instruction for Weaving on Hand and Mechanical Looms], 1871, 130 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.4 MB PDF.


Laprade, Mme L. de. Poinct de France, 1905, 395 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 14.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10 MB PDF.


Lardner, Dionysius. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Silk Manufacture, Carey & Lea - Chestnut Street. Philadephia, 1832, 262 pages. Posted October 7, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 12.1 MB PDF


Lefébure, Auguste. Dentelles et Guipures [Lace and Guipure] , Ernest Flammarion, 310 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 11, 2004. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 6.7 MB PDF.


Lefébure, Ernest. Embroidery and Lace: Their Manufacture and History from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Day, H Grevel and Co., 1888, 332 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 16, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.4 MB PDF.


Lefébure, Ernest. Les Points de France [Needlepoint Lace of France], 1912, 72 pages. Posted December 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.2 MB PDF


Leggatt, William. The Theory and Practice of Jute Spinning, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1893, 321 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.7 MB PDF.


Lemaire, Henri. Valenciennces: A Practical Treatise on Independent Draughting. The Twisthand's School: An Elementary Practical Treatise, Howitt & Son, 1911, 173 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 19, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 5.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 12.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 4.9 MB PDF.


Lescure, A. Fond de Bonnets [Cap Backs], 57 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 25, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.2 MB PDF.


Lipperheide, Frieda. Das Spitzenklöppeln [Bobbin Lace Making], 1898, 124 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 7, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 5.9 MB PDF.


Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, M. Muriers et Vers a Soie [Mulberry Trees and Silk Worms], Madame Huzard, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1830, 76 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.5 MB PDF


Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, M. Nouvelles Considérations sur les Vers á Soie [New Thoughts on Silkworms], Madame Huzard, 1859, 219 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 2, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.8 MB PDF


Lord, R. T. Decorative and Fancy Textile Fabrics, Scott, Greenwood, 1898, 243 pages. Posted April 9, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF.


Lowes, Emily Leigh. Chats on Old Lace & Needlework, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, 277 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 21, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.3 MB PDF.


Lyle, Dorothy Siegert. Focus on Fabrics, National Institute of Drycleaning, 1964, 500 pages. Note: Scannd images provided by Ralph E. Griswold. Significant number of blank pages in original were not scanned. Document is complete. Posted October 22, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 1.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 4.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 3.2 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 4.4 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 4.8 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 13.5 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 11.9 MB PDF. Part 11: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 12: File size 11.2 MB PDF.


Mackrille, Lucy Vaughn Hayden. Church Embroidery and Church Vestments, Cathedral Studios, 1939, 126 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish (page 21 missing). Posted November 14, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 3.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 14.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 14.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.7 MB PDF.


Mague, Ch. Les Dentelles Anciennes [Antique Laces], 1930, 261 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 14, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.9 MB PDF.


[Malmöhus Läns Hemslöjdsförening]. Gammal Allmogeslöjd Från Malmöhus Lan; Häftet 6 [Old Peasant Handicraft from Malmoehus County; White Work. Booklet 6], County Handicraft Association, 89 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 7, 2003. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.3 MB PDF.


Malotet, A. La Dentelle á Valenciennes [Lace in Valenciennes], Jean Schemit, 1927, 139 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 27, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 2.9 MB PDF.


Manchester, H. H. The Story of Silk and Cheney Silks, Cheney Brothers, 1916, 61 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.1 MB PDF


Marone, Giacinta Romelli. Trine a Fuselli in Italia [Bobbin Lace in Italy], Ulrico Hoepli, 1902, 404 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted December 6, 2003. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.4 MB PDF.


Marsden, Richard. Cotton Weaving: Its Development, Principles, and Practice, George Bell & Sons, 1895, 584 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape mode. 292 document pages. Posted January 12, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.9 MB PDF.


Merrill, B. E. editor. Lace Lovers of the United States, 1917, 23 pages. Posted July 11, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Migeon, Gaston Les Arts du Tissu 1909, 432 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 16, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 27.4 MB PDF


Mikolascher, Karl. Maschinenkunde für Webschulen, Teil Erster, Franz Deuticke, 1914, 94 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 23, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 4.2 MB PDF


Miles, Henry A. Lowell, As It Was, and As It Is, Nathaniel L. Dayton, 1846, 235 pages. Posted June 3, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.7 MB PDF


Millikin, Linna Loeher. Pine Needle Basketry: A Complete Book of Instructions for Making Pine Needle Baskets, J. L. Hammett, 1920, 37 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.3 MB PDF


Milroy, M. E. W. Church Lace, Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1920, 128 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. . Posted May 19, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 4.2 MB PDF


Milroy, M. E. W. Home Lace-Making: A Handbook for Teachers and Pupils, Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1909, 57 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 1, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 1.9 MB PDF


Mincoff, Elizabeth and Margaret S. Marriage. Pillow Lace: A Practical Hand-Book, E. P. Dutton, 1907, 290 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 25, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.2 MB PDF.


Moeller, Anton. Danziger Frauentrachten, Richard Berling, 1886, 44 pages. Posted August 3, 2009. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.4 MB PDF


Montell, Aina and Elisabeth M. Glanzberg. Vävboken: Handbok för Hemmet och Skolan. Utarbetad [The Weaving Book: Handbook for Home and School], Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1925, 112 pages. Posted November 4, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.8 MB PDF.


Moody, A. Penderel. Devon Pillow Lace: Its History and How to Make It, South Devon Lace Industry, 1897, 181 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 10, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.9 MB PDF


Moody, A. Penderel. Lace Making and Collecting: An Elementary Handbook, Cassell and Company, 1909, 142 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 5.6 MB PDF


Moore, N. Hudson. The Lace Book, Frederick A. Stokes, 1904, 271 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 16, 2003. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 5.4 MB PDF.


Muller, Theodore. Industrial Fiber Plants of the Philippines, Manila Bureau of Printing, 1913, 197 pages. Posted June 6, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11.1 MB PDF


Murphy, John. A Treatise on the Art of Weaving, Blackie & Son, 1842, 549 pages. Posted August 21, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 4.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 3.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 4.0 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 3.3 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 3.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 3.3 MB PDF.


Neville, H. The Students' Handbook of Practical Fabric Structure, R. Denham, 1897, 241 pages. Posted October 8, 2001. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11.7 MB PDF


Nicoll, Maud Churchill. Knitting and Sewing. How to Make Seventy Useful Articles for Men in the Army and Navy, George H. Doran Company, New York, 1918, 209 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. . Posted June 18, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11.3 MB PDF


Nisbet, H. Grammar of Textile Design, D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 533 pages. Note: 3rd. edition. Posted June 6, 2000. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.0 MB PDF.


Nisbet, H. Preliminary Operations of Weaving; Vol. I: Preparation of Grey or Plain Warps, Emott & Co., 1914, 435 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 14, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.0 MB PDF.


Nisbet, Harry. Theory of Sizing, Manchester: Emmot & Co., Limited, 1912, 100 pages. Posted April 9, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5 MB PDF


Novo, Giardineto. Punti Tagliati [Cutwork], Matthio Pagan, 1550, 49 pages. Note: 1921 reprint. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 4, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.2 MB PDF


Nylander, Louisa. Allt för Fosterlandet ["All for the Native Land" (Drawlooms and Damask Weaving)], 47 pages. Note: Some pages of text missing. Posted September 13, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.8 MB PDF


O'Connor, Paul J. A Twill of Your Choice, Interweave Press, 1981, 172 pages. Note: By permission. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 13.1 MB PDF


O'Connor, Paul R. Double Weave; A Retrospective, 2006, 128 pages. Note: By permission. Posted August 6, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.9 MB PDF.


Oelsner, G. H. A Handbook of Weaves, Macmillan, 1915, 414 pages. Posted May 5, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.2 MB PDF.


Oelsner, G. Hermann. Die Deutsche Webschule: Die Theorie, Technik und Praxis. Volume 1 (text), Anton Send, 1869, 323 pages. Posted January 22, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.2 MB PDF.


Oelsner, G. Hermann. Die Deutsche Webschule: Die Theorie, Technik und Praxis. Volume 2 (illustrations), Anton Send, 1869, 137 pages. Posted January 22, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 5.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 6.2 MB PDF.


Oelsner, G. Hermann. Die deutsche Webschule: Mechanische Technologie der Weberei, Altona, 1902, 901 pages. Posted April 10, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 8.9 MB PDF.


Oelsner, G. Hermann. Lehrbuch der Tuch- u. Buckskinweberei [Vol.1 of 2] [Handbook for Cloth and Buckskin Weaving], Altona, 1879, 307 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.9 MB PDF.


Oelsner, Hermann. VIII. Abschnitt der Deutschen Webschule: Theoretisch-praktisches Handbuch ... die Lehre des Musterzeichnens für Jacquard, Anton Send, 1868, 61 pages. Note: Plates 9 and 10 missing. Posted January 24, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.7 MB PDF


Okey, Thomas. The Art of Basket Making, Pitman, 122 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted July 25, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.3 MB PDF


Orsoni, P. Le Filet Brodé. [ Filet Embroidery ], , 68 pages. Posted January 11, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.9 MB PDF


Ostaus, Giovanni. La Vera Perfezione del Disegno [True Perfection in Design], 1561, 92 pages. Note: 1909 facsimile. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 4, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.7 MB PDF


Otava, Kustannusosakeyhtiö. Käpyily-ja solmeilutyöt [Tatting and Knotting], 62 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 21, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10 MB PDF.


Paganino, P. Alex. Il Burato [Burato Lace], 152 pages. Note: Facsimile. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 4, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.1 MB PDF


Palliser, Bury. Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Lace in the South Kensington Museum, South Kensington Museum, London, 1881, 206 pages. Note: 3rd Edition by Alan S. Cole. Posted December 13, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 13.6 MB PDF


Palliser, Mrs. Bury. History of Lace, Charles Scribner' Sons, 1902, 654 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 1, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 6.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 5.8 MB PDF.


Parasole, Elisabetta. Musterbuch für Stickereien und Spitzen [Pattern Book for Embroidery and Lace], Ernst Wasmuth, 1616 (1891), 49 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 13, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.2 MB PDF.


Pasteur, Louis. Etudes sur la Maladie du Ver Soie [Studies on the Illnesses of Silkworms], Masson & Co., 1928, 810 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 4.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.9 MB PDF.


Paterson, David. Colour-Matching of Textiles, Scott, Greenwood & Co., 1901, 175 pages. Posted June 19, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.7 MB PDF.


Paulet, Jean. Art du fabricant d'estoffes de Soie [The Art of the Producer of Silk Fabrics], 1779, 605 pages. Posted August 23, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 5.6 MB PDF.


Paulis, Madame L. Manuels Techniques la Dentelle aux Fuseaux: Premié Partie, Dentelles a Fil Continu. I. -- Cluny [Bobbin Lace Techniques: first part, continuous lace, Cluny] , Maurice Lamertin, 1921, 102 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 28, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.3 MB PDF


Peddie, Alexander. The Linen Manufacturer, Weaver, and Warper's Assistant, Khull, 1817, 81 pages. Note: Selected pages only. Posted June 29, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.3 MB PDF


Peddie, Alexander. The Manufacturer, Weaver, and Warper's Assistant, Khull, 1814, 288 pages. Note: Replaces earlier version that had only selected pages. There still are a few damaged and missing pages, but this version is substantially complete. 2-up.144 document page. Posted October 28, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.1 MB PDF


Pfister, R. Textile de Palmyre [Textiles of Palmyra], 1934, 85 pages. Posted April 7, 2000. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.5 MB PDF


Pollen, Mrs. John Hungerford. Seven Centuries of Lace, William Heinemann, 1908, 188 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 1, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.8 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.5 MB PDF.


Portier, Louise W. Medici Lace and the Art of Making it 1908, 24 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 16, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.72 MB PDF


Posselt, E. A. Cotton Manufacturing, Part 1, Philadelphia, PA: Posselt, 1903, 227 pages. Posted February 10, 2002. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.5 MB PDF.


Posselt, E. A. Cotton Manufacturing, Part 2, Philadelphia, PA: Posselt, 1903, 337 pages. Posted February 10, 2002. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7 MB PDF.


Posselt, E. A. Dictionary of Weaves, Part 1, The Textile Publishing Co., 1914, 113 pages. Note: 2-up. No more parts were published. Free WIFs of the patterns in this book are available at www.handweaving.net. Posted April 14, 2004. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.8 MB PDF


Posselt, E. A. Fabric Analysis, E. A. Posselt, 1920, 282 pages. Note: 2-up. Posted March 16, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.2 MB PDF.


Posselt, E. A. Narrow Woven Fabrics, E. A. Posselt, 1917, 238 pages. Posted September 27, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.3 MB PDF


Posselt, E. A. Recent Improvements in Textile Machinery Relating to Weaving, E. A. Posselt, 1898, 220 pages. Note: Volume III in Posselt's Textile Library. Posted October 28, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.7 MB PDF.


Posselt, E. A. Recent Improvements in Textile Machinery Relating to Weaving, Part 2, Posselt, 1901, 179 pages. Note: Advertisements mostly lacking. Posted January 17, 2002. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.5 MB PDF.


Posselt. E. A. Silk Throwing, Textile Publishing Company, 1918, 254 pages. Note: 2-up, portrait mode. 138 document pages. Posted February 10, 2002. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.3 MB PDF.


Posselt, E. A. Technology of Textile Design, E. A. Posselt, 1888, 326 pages. Posted January 12, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 12.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.3 MB PDF.


Posselt, E. A. Textile Calculations, E. A. Posselt, 1888, 170 pages. Posted September 29, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11.7 MB PDF


Posselt, E. A. Textile Machinery Part 3: Wool, Cotton, Silk from Fibre to Fabric, E. A. Posselt, 1905, 473 pages. Note: Volume IX in Posselt's Textile Library. Posted November 27, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 8.0 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 7.0 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 6.4 MB PDF.


Posselt, E. A. The Jacquard Machine, E. A. Posselt, 1888, 129 pages. Posted March 29, 2001. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.0 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.7 MB PDF.


Posselt, E. A. The Structure of Fibres, Yarns and Fabrics, E. A. Posselt, 1891, 389 pages. Note: Two volumes bound as one. A glossary and index for both volumes is at the end of the second volume. Posted January 27, 2001. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.0 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.9 MB PDF.


Pullan, Matilda. The Lady's Manual of Fancy-Work, Dick & Fitzgerald, 1859, 224 pages. Posted February 1, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11.6 MB PDF


Qianlong, Emperor of China. Yu zhi geng zhi tu, Vol. 1, 1700s, 25 pages. Note: Landscape mode. Posted July 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.4 MB PDF


Qianlong, Emperor of China. Yu zhi geng zhi tu, Vol. 2, 1700s, 25 pages. Note: Landscape mode. Posted July 12, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.2 MB PDF


Rasmussen, Sara. Kloeppelbuch: Eine Anleitung zum Selbstunterricht im Spitzenkloeppeln [Book of Bobbin Lace; Self-instructions for Bobbin Lace Making], Host; Kopenhagen, 1884, 68 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 4, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 10.3 MB PDF


Reed, N. The Book of Pattern Weaving, Evans Brothers, 1937, 48 pages. Posted December 6, 2000. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 2.3 MB PDF


Reed, N. The Book of School Weaving, Evans Brothers, 1933, 66 pages. Posted February 20, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 4.1 MB PDF


Repenning, H. Die Mechanische Weberei, Verlag von M. Krayn, 1911, 354 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 23, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9 MB PDF.


Reynaud, M. Des Vers á Soie et de Leur Education [About Silkworms and Raising Them], Á la Libraire du Commerce, Chez Renard, 1824, 374 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.5 MB PDF


Reynolds, John. Cotton Loom Fixing, Textiles, 130 pages. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.6 MB PDF


Ricci, Cleofe Mingarelli. Disegni di Trafori [Openwork Designs], 1909, 51 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 4, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.6 MB PDF


Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace, Vol. 1, William Heinemann, 1913, 267 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Rebuilt September 17, 2003 to correct page alignment problems. Posted September 17, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.0 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 12.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 8.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 11.9 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 11.9 MB PDF. Part 11: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 12: File size 10.1 MB PDF.


Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace, Vol. 2, William Heinemann, 1913, 195 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 24, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 13.1 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 13 MB PDF.


Roberts, Edna H. How to Know Laces, Dry Goods Economist, 1925, 75 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted June 8, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.6 MB PDF


Roberts, Thomas. Tappet and Dobby Looms: Their Mechanism and Management, Emmott & Co., 1912, 234 pages. Posted January 12, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 3.9 MB PDF.


Robinson, Belle The Priscilla Netting Book 1914, 52 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 14, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.49MB PDF


Rock, Daniel. Textile Fabrics, Scribner, Welforn, and Armstrong, 1876, 121 pages. Note: 2-up. 61 document pages. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.9 MB PDF


Rodenstam, Stina. Hemslöjden [Domestic Crafts], Malmo, 1914, 65 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted April 1, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.7 MB PDF


Rosatto, Vittoria. Leavers Lace, American Lace Manufacturers Association, Inc., 1948, 116 pages. Note: Copyright expired. . Posted February 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.4 MB PDF.


Rouveyre, Edouard. La Dentelle : Transformations Progressives XVI et XVII Siècles [ Lace: Progressive Transformations, XVIth and XVIIth Century ], 85 pages. Posted June 9, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 10 MB PDF.


Royle, J. Forbes. The Fibrous Plants of India, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1855, 432 pages. Posted September 22, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.2 MB PDF.


Schams, J. Handbuch der gesamten Weberei (Atlas) [Handbook of weaving (illustrations)], 1892, 59 pages. Note: Title page missing. Posted June 28, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.7 MB PDF.


Schams, J. Handbuch der Schlichterei, Verlag von Bernb. Friedr. Voigt, 1908, 164 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 24, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 13.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.5 MB PDF.


Schams, J. Handbuch der Weberei: Atlas [Handbook of Weaving: Illustrations], B.F. Voigt, 1909, 142 pages. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 12.9 MB PDF.


Schams, J. Handbuch der Weberei (Text) [Handbook of weaving ], 1909, 578 pages. Note: Robotic scanned images provided by Kris Bruland. Posted January 3, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 2.8 MB PDF.


Schlomann, Alfred. Multilingual Dictionary of Spinning, Lewenz & Wilkinson, 1925, 958 pages. Note: Volume XV in the series "Illustrated Technical Dictionaries in Six Languages: English, German, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish". More like a (very large) multilingual glossary than a dictionary. Robotic scanned images provided by Kris Bruland. Posted May 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 10.2MB PDF.


Schlomann, Alfred. Multilingual Dictionary of Weaving and Woven Fabrics, Lewenz & Wilkinson, 1925, 718 pages. Note: Volume XVI in the series "Illustrated Technical Dictionaries in Six Languages: English, German, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish". More like a (very large) multilingual glossary than a dictionary. Posted October 8, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 11.8 MB PDF.


Schuette, Marie. Alte Spitzen [Old Laces], Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., 1921, 273 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 2, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.4 MB PDF.


Seguin, Joseph. La Dentelle. Histoire, Description, Fabrication, Bibliographie. [ Lace - its History, Description, Fabrication; Bibliography ], 278 pages. Posted May 5, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 11: File size 11.4 MB PDF. Part 12: File size 10.7 MB PDF.


Seillon, Jean. Traité de Tissage Appliqué aux Soieries et Rubans [A Treatise on Weaving applied to Silk and Ribbon], Urbain Balay, 1893, 300 pages. Posted May 8, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 5.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 4.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.1 MB PDF.


Serres, Olivier de and Nicholas Geffe. The Perfect Use of Silke-Wormes, and Their Benefit, Felix Kyngston, 1607, 107 pages. Note: Scanned from microfilm. Posted March 5, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3 MB PDF


Serrure, Louis. Atlas de 4000 Armures [Atlas of 4000 Patterns] , Les Ëditions de L'Industrie Textile, 301 pages. Posted March 23, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.6MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.7 MB PDF.


Sharp, Mary. Point and Pillow Lace, E. P. Dutton, 1905, 178 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.9 MB PDF


Silljan, Elise H. Pattern Book for Norwegian Lace and Embroidery 1908, 20 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 16, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.65 MB PDF


Sime, A. M. Torchon Lace-Work, Rai Sahib M. Gulab Singh & Sons, 1904, 69 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 12, 2003. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.8 MB PDF


Sime, A. M. Torchon Lace-Work,Part II, Rai Sahib M. Gulab Singh & Sons, 1909, 158 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 12, 2003. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.3 MB PDF


Simon, André. Études Analytiques des Principaux Tissus [Analytic Studies of the Main Fabrics], Librairie Polytechnique, 1898, 134 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. 2-up. Posted June 19, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.8 MB PDF.


States, Geo W. Instructions for Lace Making 1873 66 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.1 MB PDF


Stauffer, A. K. Lace Making and Crochet, The American Domestic Cyclopedia: Lupton, 1890, 37 pages. Note: Selected pages. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.3 MB PDF


Stephenson, C. and F. Suddards. A Text Book Dealing with Ornamental Design for Woven Fabrics, Methuen, 1924, 218 pages. Posted September 3, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.1 PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF.


Stillwell, Alexandra. The Technique of Teneriffe Lace, Charles T. Branford, Watertown, Mass , 1980, 149 pages. Note: with permission from the author. Posted May 20, 2009. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 11.9MB PDF


T. B. A Compendious Account of the Whole Art of Breeding, Nursing, and the Right Ordering of the Silk-Worm, 1733, 41 pages. Posted July 14, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.7 MB PDF


Taggart, William Scott. Cotton Machinery Sketches, Macmillan, 1923, 218 pages. Posted January 17, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF.


Taggart, William Scott. Cotton Mill Management, Macmillan, 317 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 23, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11 MB PDF


Taylor, John T. Cotton Weaving and Designing, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905, 334 pages. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.7 MB PDF.


Tebbs, L.A. The Art of Bobbin Lace, Chapman and Hall, 1907, 105 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.7 MB PDF


Tebbs, L.A. and Rosa Tebbs. The Art of Bobbin Lace Supplement, Chapman and Hall, 1911, 87 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.3 MB PDF


Tebbs, Louisa A. The New Lace Embroidery (Punto Tagliato) 1905, 76 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 26, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.41 MB PDF


Tessier, Alexander Henri. A Complete Treatise on Merinos and Other Sheep, Economical School Office, 1811, 184 pages. Note: Scanned from microfiche. Posted May 16, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9,2MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 10.8 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 10.2MB PDF.


Thiebaut, Charles Exposition Franco-Britannique, Londres 1908 1908, 180 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 26, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 15.1 MB PDF


Thompson, Eliza B. Silk, Ronald Press, 1922, 259 pages. Posted June 16, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.8 MB PDF


Thompson, Susanne Further Steps in Honiton Lace, B.T.Batsford, 1993,111 pages. Posted July 27, 2018. Note: By Permission SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 11 MB PDF Part 2: File size 12.3 MB PDF


Thompson, Susanne Honiton Lace, Robin and Russ Handweavers, 1985,120 pages. Posted July 27, 2018. Note: By Permission SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 13 MB PDF Part 2: File size 12.3 MB PDF


Thorman, Elisabeth. Ä Spetsar [Real Lace], P. S. Nordstedt & Sonners Förlag, 1913, 72 pages. Posted February 3, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.6 MB PDF


Todd, Mattie Phipps. Hand-Loom Weaving, Rand McNally, 1902, 160 pages. Posted July 2, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.1 MB PDF


Umpleby, Fenwick. Textile Design, American School of Correspondence, 1909, 346 pages. Posted June 25, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.6 MB PDF.


Urbani de Gheltof, G M. A Technical History of the Manufacture of Venetian Laces 1882 96 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 21, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.9 MB PDF


Ure, Andres. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain, Vol. 1, Charles Knight, 1886, 461 pages. Posted June 22, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.2 MB PDF.


Ure, Andres. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain, Vol. 2, Charles Knight, 1886, 465 pages. Posted August 17, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.1 MB PDF.


Valverde, El Marqués de. Catálogo de la Exposición de Lencería y Encajes Españoles [Exposition Catalogue of Fine Linen Goods and Spanish Laces], Artes Gráficas, 1915, 76 pages. Posted June 6, 2003. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 5.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.9 MB PDF.


van Gennep, A. and G. Jéquier. Le Tissage aux Cartons et Son Ulitisation Décorative dans L'Égypte Ancienne, Delachaux & Niestlé, 1916, 135 pages. Posted January 8, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF.


Van Ysselstein, M. Nieuwe Leergang (A New Course in Bobbin Lace), Van Holkema and Warendorf, Amsterdam, 1924, 47 pages. Posted June 2, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 2.9 MB PDF


Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. American Lace & Lace-Makers, Yale University Press, 1924, 253 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted November 10, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.3 MB PDF.


Verhaegen, Pierre. La Dentelle Belge [ Belgian Lace ], 1912, 353 pages. Posted June 19, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 12.4 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 9.1 MB PDF.


Verhaegen, Pierre. La Restauration de la Dentelle à Venise et L'Ecole de Burano (the Revival of Venetian Lace and the School in Burano), 1908, 26 pages. Note: Note damage on pp 12, 16, 17, 18, 21, . Posted June 20, 2008. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.9 MB PDF


Very, Edith. Warp and Woof: The Story of the Textile Arts. Part I The Linen Industry, Educational Publishing Co., 1912, 75 pages. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.1 MB PDF


Vieil, Pierre. Sériculture [The Silk Industry], Librairie J.-B. Bailliére et Fils, 1905, 277 pages. Posted February 13, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.3 MB PDF.


Vignon, L. La Soie [Silk], Librairie J.-B. Baillié et Fils, 1890, 182 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. 2-up. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.4 MB PDF.


Vinciolo, Federico. I Singolari e Nuovi Disegni [Singular and New Designs], 1609, 98 pages. Note: 1909 facsimile. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted January 4, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.6 MB PDF


von Reden, Gussy. Klöppel-Spitzen [Bobbin Lace], Verlag der Deutschen Moden-Zeitung, Deutschen Moden-Zeitung, 1909, 64 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Pattern sheets added as Part 4, July 5, 2005. Posted July 5, 2005. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 1.6 MB PDF.


Voshage, Adele. Das Formenklöppeln [Shapes Worked in Bobbin Lace], Eugen Cwietmeyer, 102 pages. Posted September 25, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 10.8 MB PDF


Walmsley, Herbert E. Cotton Spinning and Weaving, Abel Heywood & Son, 1885, 292 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 13, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.8 MB PDF


Walton, Perry. The Story of Textiles, Tudor Publishing Co., New York, 1925, 323 pages. Posted June 4, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 11.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 13.4 MB PDF.


Wardle, Thomas. Kashmir: Its New Silk Industry, Natural History, Geology, Sport &c., Simpson, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., 1904, 421 pages. Posted February 15, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 4.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.4 MB PDF.


Wardle, Thomas. On the Present Development of Power-Loom Weaving of Silk Fabrics at Lyons, William Harris & Sons, 1893, 55 pages. Posted March 12, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.4 MB PDF


Waters, T. Frank Ipswich Mills and Factories 1904, 62 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 26, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.29 MB PDF


Watson, John. The Theory and Practice of the Art of Weaving by Hand and Power: with Calculations and Tables, for the Use of Those Connected with the Trade, George Watson & Son, 1888, 487 pages. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8 MB PDF.


Watson, William. Advanced Textile Design, Longmans Green and Co., 1913, 471 pages. Note: First edition. Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted January 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.5MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 12.8 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 8.7MB PDF.


Watson, William. Textile Design and Colour, Longmans Green and Co., 1921, 369 pages. Note: Second edition. Posted December 16, 2004. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.3 MB PDF.


Werner, Herman O. Treatise on the Designing and Construction of Woven Fabrics, 161 pages. Posted January 31, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 3.2 MB PDF.


Wheeler, Candace. The Development of Embroidery in America, Harper and Brothers, 1921, 195 pages. Posted May 1, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.6 MB PDF.


White, George S. Memoir of Samuel Slater Connected with a History of the Rise and Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in England and America, 1836, 469 pages. Posted January 1, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.5 MB PDF.


White, Mary. How to Make Baskets, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902, 207 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted July 25, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.MB PDF


White, Mary. More Baskets and How to Make Them, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913, 161 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 6, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5 MB PDF


Whiting, Gertrude. A Lace Guide for Makers and Collectors, E. P. Dutton, 1920, 411 pages. Note: Most scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted September 18, 2003. CD (LDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.4 MB PDF.


Whiting, Olive. Khaki Knitting Book, Allies Special Aid, 1917, 58 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.5 MB PDF


Whittam, William Jr. Cotton Spinning, C. A. M. Praray, 1898, 122 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.4 MB PDF


Wild, E. Textilsammlung Iklé - Katalog . Industrie und Gewerbemuseum [Textile Collection Iklé - Catalogue Industry and Trade Museum ] St. Gallen, Art. Institut Orell Fussli, Zurich, 1908, 278 pages. Posted December 13, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.1 MB PDF.


Wilkinson, Frederick. The Story of the Cotton Plant, D. Appleton, 1912, 189 pages. Posted July 17, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.5 MB PDF


Wilson, Ray L. The Wilson Original Lace Book 1914, 34 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted October 14, 2011. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.74MB PDF


Winters, Lawrence. Rugs and Carpets from the Orient, H. B. Claflin Company, 1890, 112 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 5.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.1 MB PDF.


Woestyn, Eugène. La Dentelle ou Manuel de la Dentelière [The Lace Book, or a Manual for the Lacemaker.], Ch. Ploche, 1852, 45 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape more. 25 document pages. Posted March 8, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.9 MB PDF


Wood, Irene K. 16 Harness Patterns: The Fanciest Twills of All, Robin and Russ Handweavers, 1976, 130 pages. Note: Published without copyright notice. Posted August 26, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.1 MB PDF.


Woodhouse, Thomas. Jacquards and Harnesses: Card-Cutting, Lacing and Repeating Mechanism, Macmillan, 1923, 477 pages. Posted January 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9 MB PDF.


Woodhouse, Thomas. Yarn Counts and Calculations, Henry Frowde and Hoddler & Stoughton, 1921, 124 pages. Posted October 9, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 4 MB PDF


Woodhouse, Thomas and Alexander Branc. Textile Machine Drawing, Blackie and Son Limited, 1921, 128 pages. Posted December 3, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.1 MB PDF


Woodhouse, Thomas and Alexander Brand. Textile Mathematics, Part 1, Blackie & Son, 1921, 63 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape mode. 125 document pages. Posted January 12, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.3 MB PDF


Woodhouse, Thomas and Alexander Brand. Textile Mathematics, Part 2, Blackie & Son, 1921, 64 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape mode. 127 document pages. Posted January 12, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.6 MB PDF


Woodhouse, Thomas and Thomas Milne. Jute and Linen Weaving, Macmillan, 1914, 619 pages. Note: 2-up landscape more. 310 document pages. Posted March 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.8 MB PDF.


Woodhouse, Thomas and Thomas Milne. Textile Design, Macmillan, 1912, 515 pages. Note: 2-up, landscape mode. 263 document pages. Posted August 23, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.8 MB PDF.


Woolman, Mary Schenck and McGowan, Ellen Beers. Textiles. A Handbook for the Student and the Consumer, Norwood Press, 1913, 444 pages. Posted May 21, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 15.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.3 MB PDF.


Woodward, Mary Eva A Text Book on Cluny and Torchon Laces 1901, Gordon Mackay and Company Limited, 102 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 1, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.8 MB PDF


Wright, Thomas. The Romance of the Lace Pillow, H. H. Armstrong, 1919, 337 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted June 21, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.7 MB PDF.


Yamakazi, Akira. Nippon Hand Weaves in "Kusakizome" Dyes, Getumeokai, 1959, 44 pages. Note: Published without copyright notice. Posted February 1, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 5.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 3.7 MB PDF.


Yokoi, Torao. Jitsuyo hataorino [Practical Weaving and Designing] , Vol. 1, 1910, 255 pages. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.4 MB PDF


Yokoi, Torao. Jitsuyo hataorino [Practical Weaving and Designing] , Vol. 2, 1910, 170 pages. Posted August 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.3 MB PDF


Yokoi, Torao. Jitsuyo hataorino [Practical Weaving and Designing] , Vol. 3, 1910, 328 pages. Posted August 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 10.9 MB PDF


Yoshida, Kiju. Orimono soshiki hen [Textile System], Dai Nihon Orimono Kyokai, 1903, 484 pages. Note: Book reads from back to front. Posted April 16, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.1 MB PDF.


Youngburg, Nellie Hall. Forty Original Designs in Tatting, 1921, 24 pages. Posted August 1, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 7.0 MB PDF


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