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articles
Baldwin's Textile Designer
Effects of Colors in Textile Designs, ---. Baldwin's Textile Designer, Vol. 2, No. 9 (September 1889), 2 pages. Posted January 25, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 716 KB PDF
Craftsman
Secret of the Wonderful Color Combinations Used by the Orientals and Primitive Peoples, ---. Craftsman, Vol. 15 (1909), 2 pages. Posted September 24, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 516 KB PDF
Journal of The Textile Institute
Textile Colour Theories, Beaumont, Roberts. Journal of The Textile Institute, Vol. 4, No, 2 (November1913), 15 pages. Posted April 10, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF
Designing and Colouring of Scotch Tweeds, Welsh, Thomas. Journal of The Textile Institute, Vol. 3, No, 2 (November 1912), 15 pages. Posted April 11, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF
Master Weaver
Colour and Design, ---. Master Weaver, No. 22 July 1955, 6 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Colours in Corduroy, ---. Master Weaver, No. 15 May 1954, 3 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 662 KB PDF
Colours in Crackle, ---. Master Weaver, No. 67 January 1963, 4 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 655 KB PDF
Colours in Simple Weaves, ---. Master Weaver, No. 5 August 1952, 4 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 752 KB PDF
Colours in Summer-and-Winter, ---. Master Weaver, No. 2 February 1952, 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 518 KB PDF
Designing Made Easier - Colour, ---. Master Weaver, No. 32 March 1957, 5 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 954 KB PDF
Subjective Colours, ---. Master Weaver, No. 43 January 1959, 3 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 654 KB PDF
From the Classics - Harmonious Colouring, Gilroy, Clinton G. Master Weaver, No. 61 September 1962, 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 475 KB PDF
Melliand
Practical Side of Color Theory Applied to Textile Design, Birren, Faber. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1930), 4 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 844 KB PDF
Significant Principles of Color Harmony That Are Unique in Textile Design, Birren, Faber. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 12 (March 1931), 4 pages. Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 892 KB PDF
Some Important Illusions of Color in Textile Design, Birren, Faber. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 5 (August 1930), 3 pages. Posted October 8, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 756 KB PDF
Adaptation of Light for Color Workers, Elliott, Leavenworth E. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 9 (December 1929), 5 pages. Posted July 7, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Avoidance of Color Troubles Caused by Electric Light, Part 1, Elliott, Leavenworth E. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 6 (September 1929), 6 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Avoidance of Color Troubles Caused by Electric Light, Part 2, Elliott, Leavenworth E. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 7 (October 1929), 7 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF
Light for the Colorist, addendum, Elliott, Leavenworth E. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 8 (November 1931), 1 page. Posted January 9, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF
Light for the Colorist, Part 1, Elliott, Leavenworth E. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 11 (February 1930), 6 pages. Posted September 3, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Light for the Colorist, Part 2, Elliott, Leavenworth E. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 7 (October 1931), 2 pages. Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 696 KB PDF
What Particular Advantages Does Ostwalt's Color Theory Offer?, Krueger, F. A. O. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1929), 3 pages. Posted January 17, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 596 KB PDF
Posselt's Textile Journal
A Convenient Color Table, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1916, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 17, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 217 KB PDF
Color Effects, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, February 1919, 1 page. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 146 KB PDF
Color Effects, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, June 1920, 1 page. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 139 KB PDF
Weaver
Why Not Change the Color?, Carr, Veva N. Weaver, Vol. 2 No. 2 (April 1937), 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 106 KB PDF
The Weaver's Palette, Corbett, Natalie. Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 3 (July 1939), 4 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 290 KB PDF
books
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.
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.
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
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.
monographs
I.C.S. Staff. Color in Textile Designing, International Textbook Co., 1905, 94 pages. Posted February 21, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.0 MB PDF
periodicals
Handweaving News
Notes on Color. June 1933, 3 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted March 21, 2005. File size 668 KB PDF
documents created for online publication
Griswold, Ralph E. Creating Weaveable Color Patterns, Part 1, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 512 KB PDF
Griswold, Ralph E. Creating Weaveable Color Patterns, Part 2, 6 pages. Note: Last revised August 7, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF
Griswold, Ralph E. Weaveable Color Patterns, 9 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 600 KB PDF
other
Portfolios
Tidball, Harriet. Color and Dyeing Portfolio, Shuttle Craft, 1965, 3 pages. Note: Accompaniment to Shuttle Craft Monograph 16. Posted September 17, 2000. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Various
Crowther, H. Design & Colour, 17 pages. Note: Personal weaving and sketch book. Landscape mode. Posted May 8, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.5 MB PDF.
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