An account of Mr. James-Christopher Le Blon's principles of printing, in imitation of painting, and of weaving tapestry, in the same manner as brocades / [Cromwell Mortimer].

  • Mortimer, Cromwell, -1752
Date:
[1731]
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Credit: An account of Mr. James-Christopher Le Blon's principles of printing, in imitation of painting, and of weaving tapestry, in the same manner as brocades / [Cromwell Mortimer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    < <S ) bins of various Colours of Silk or Worded, as the Piece requires: Then he takes up with his Fingers one Thread after another, as they anfwer to any Co¬ lour in the Painting beneath; and with the other Hand paffes the Bobbin with the fame Colour, and ftrikes the Threads clofe with an Ivory Comb. Some of thefe Frames are made like a Loom, with a Warp paffed through the Leijhes and Tredles for the Feet, with which they open the Threads of the Warp, to pafs a common Shuttle through them, when it is ne- ceffary to make a long Throw, as is required in Grounds, Pillars, and tall Uprights. In the upright Way the Warp runs from Top to Bottom of the Piece j the Pattern is placed upright, and clofe behind it, and the Out-lines are drawn in Charcoal upon the Fore fide of the Warp. The Work¬ man is placed with his Back to the Light, by which means he can fee the Pattern better; then he takes up the Threads one by one, and paffes the Bobbin, as in the other Way, and ftrikes it clofe with the Comb: All which is near as tedious as Needlework itfelf; which is theReafon why fine fapefiry comes to fuch high Prices, fo that none but Princes care to buy it j and what can be had at a moderate Price is always coarfe, and of a low Tafte: For Workmen who have any good Notion of Paintings and are capable of ad- jufting the Colours, are not to be had, but for exceffive Wages j which much enhances the Price likewife: But in Mx.Le Blon’s new Way of weaving fapefiry in the Loom with a Draw-boy, Tapeftry may be performed almoft as expeditious as fine Brocades : For when the Loom is once fet and mounted, any com¬ mon \ \