Two postcards in the Rita & Percy Beales Archive at the Crafts Study Centre show the village of North Lopham during the last days of ‘Lopham Linen’ in the second or third decade of the twentieth century. 1 The horse chestnuts are in flower so it must be May, but the year is uncertain, perhaps … Continue reading From Lopham with Love.
(November 2022) Concering the locations of Ralph Watson and Thomas Jackson, and the distribution of linen manufacture in North Yorkshire. The first image above is a map of North Yorkshire pinned to my studio wall. The black pin at the top right, near the mouth of the River Tees, locates the tiny village of Wilton, … Continue reading The linen manufacture of North Yorkshire, once upon a time.
(October 2022) Concerning a grave in Yorkshire and a manuscript in a New York museum. . In the churchyard of St. Cuthbert’s, in the hamlet of Wilton, near Lazenby in the North Riding of Yorkshire, is a gravestone bearing the following inscription: In Memory of JaneWife of Thomas JacksonBuryed Oct br. ye 13th 1758Aged 26 … Continue reading In Memory of Jane, Wife of Thomas Jackson
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This is an illustrated list of books, articles and manuscripts about weaving and textile history, technology, and design, with download links for non-copyright items. Ashenhurst, Thomas R. (1881) An Album of Textile Designs Containing Upwards of 7,000 Patterns Suitable for Fabrics of Every Description, J. Broadbent & Co. Bradford / Huddersfield.Illustrations of 7,200 weave patterns, … Continue reading Bibliography
Straight Draw 2019 One hundred pattern drafts for a four-shaft loom. Digital animation & PDF download. © Max Mosscrop 2019