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articles

American Magazine of Art

Caliphate Rugs, Ripley, Churchill. Amrican Magazine of Art, December 1917, 3 pages. Posted June 19, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 676 KB PDF


Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club

Notes on the Doctrine of Transubstantiation as Illustrated in XVI Century Art, ---. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 12, No. 2 (1928), 10 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Industrial Experiment, Albee, Helen R. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1921), 14 pages. Posted September 19, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Rya of Finland, Van Cleef, Eugene. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1923), 5 pages. Posted September 21, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 788 KB PDF


Chambers's Encyclopedia

Carpets, ---. Chambers's Encyclopedia Supplement, 1881, 2 pages. Posted February 4, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 540 KB PDF


Connoisseur

Exhibition of Abruzzese Art at Chieti, Modigliani, Ettore. The Connoisseur, Vol. 14 (1906), 5 pages. Posted June 6, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Craftsman

Distinctive American Rugs, ---. Craftsman, Vol. 11 (1907), 11 pages. Posted September 23, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Developing a Home Industry: How the Abnákee Rug Grew Out of the Old-Fashioned Hooked Mat of Our Grandmothers, Albee, Helen R. Craftsman, Vol. 15 (1909), 6 pages. Posted September 24, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 960 KB PDF


How Abnákee Rugs Are Made: Full description of the Exact Method of Working, Albee, Helen R. Craftsman, Vol. 15 (1909), 5 pages. Posted September 24, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 820 KB PDF


Technique of Simple Rug Weaving, Priestman, Mabel Tuke. Craftsman, Vol. 12 (1907), 8 pages. Posted September 23, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Current Literature

Crafts: Hand-Made Rugs and Fabrics, ---. Current Literature, Vol. 30 (1901), 5 pages. Posted November 2, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 916 KB PDF


Dedalo

Arte Rustica Sarda -- II. Tappeti e Trine, Arata. Giukio U. Dedalo, Year 1, Volume 2 (1921), 25 pages. Posted May 10, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.3 MB PDF.


Dwight's American Magazine and Family Newspaper

Carpet Makers, ---. Dwight's American Magazine and Family Newspaper, Vol. 2 (1846), 1 page. Posted May 14, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.

Carpet, Cole, Alan Summerly. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, 10 pages. Posted June 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.6 MB PDF


Great Industries of the United States

Carpets, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 6 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 828 KB PDF


Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary

Brussels Carpet, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 2 pages. Posted August 21, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF


Carpet, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 2 pages. Posted September 3, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 576 KB PDF


Carpet Beater, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 5, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF


Carpet Cleaning Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted June 22, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF


Carpet Stretcher, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted May 11, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF


Carpet Sweeper, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted May 11, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF


Carpet-Cleaning Macine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Carpet-Lining, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


[Carpets], ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Note: Collected short articles. Posted August 4, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 552 KB PDF


Ingrain-Carpet Loom, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted August 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Tapestry Carpet, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF


Turkey Carpet, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Two-Ply Carpet, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Wilton Carpet, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 404 KB PDF


Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary

Carpet Loom, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Carpet Matching and Measuring Machine, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 14, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Rag Looper, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF


Master Weaver

Catalogne or Plain Rag Rugs, ---. Master Weaver, Vol. 28 No. 83 September 1965, 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 566 KB PDF


Patterns in Velvet Rugs, ---. Master Weaver, No. 35 September 1957, 3 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 707 KB PDF


Rugs in Bound Weaving, ---. Master Weaver, No. 33 May 1957, 7 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 986 KB PDF


Velvet Rugs, ---. Master Weaver, No. 34 July 1957, 5 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 782 KB PDF


Melliand

Genuine Persian Rug, Part 1, Baumann, L. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 7 (October 1931), 4 pages. Posted January 9, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF


Genuine Persian Rug, Part 2, Baumann, L. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 8 (November 1931), 5 pages. Posted January 9, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.8 MB PDF


Genuine Persian Rug, Part 3, Baumann, L. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 10 (January 1932), 5 pages. Posted January 9, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF


Minnesota Weaver

Peter Collingwood's Shaft Switching Technique, Part 1, O'Connor, Paul. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 6 (April 1980), 2 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 790 KB PDF


Double Corduroy, Obrestad, Susan. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 7 No. 1 (September 1981), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 117 KB PDF


Soumak - An Early Ethnic Rug-Making Technique, Swanson, Dianne. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 3 No. 1 (September 1977), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 507 KB PDF


New International Encyclopedia

Carpets and Rugs, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 3 pages. Posted February 10, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 740 KB PDF


Overland

Fine Rugs, Sturgis, Dinah. Overland, Vol. 36 (1900), 9 pages. Posted September 24, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF


Oxford Encyclopedia

Carpet, ---. Oxford Encyclopedia, 1828, 1 page. Posted January 27, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF


Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Day at a Scotch Carpet-Factory, ---. The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 12, Supplement (August 1843), 8 pages. Posted April 23, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF


Posselt's Textile Journal

Design for an Ornamental Rug, 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 150 KB PDF


Shuttle-Craft Bulletin

Tapestry Rugs in an Ancient Peruvian Design, Atwater, Mary Meigs. Shuttle-Craft Bulletin, 1957, 5 pages. Posted February 3, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 784 KB PDF


Weaver

Knotted Pile Rugs, Atwater, Mary M. Weaver, Vol. 1 No. 1 (January 1936), 3 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 349 KB PDF


Something New in Rugs, Atwater, Mary M. Weaver, Vol. 6 No. 4 (October-November 1941), 6 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 523 KB PDF


Twice Woven Rugs, Atwater, Mary M. Weaver, Vol. 3 No. 4 (October 1938), 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 276 KB PDF


Spring Means New Rugs, Carr, Veva N. Weaver, Vol. 6 No. 1 (January-February 1941), 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 197 KB PDF


Hand Woven Rugs, Gubser, Elsie H. Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 2 (April 1939), 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 85 KB PDF


Chenille Rugs in Double Weave, Hickman, Elmer Wallace. Weaver, Vol. 3 No. 2 (April 1938), 6 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 597 KB PDF


The Modern Rug, Roberts, Dorothy S. Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 1 (January-February 1940), 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 75 KB PDF


Workers of the Nation

Wool and Carpet Manufactures, ---. Workers of the Nation: An Industrial Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People, 1906, 8 pages. Posted July 22, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Zell's Encyclopedia

Carpet, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted April 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 476 KB PDF


books

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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


ephemera

Rugs and carpets

Indian blankets and rugs. picture postcard, 1 page. Posted August 19, 2003. File size 48 KB PDF


Carpet. Picture postcard, 1 page. Posted August 22, 2003. File size 48 KB PDF


Nomades fabricant des tapis. Picture postcard, 1 page. Posted March 1, 2003. File size 28 KB PDF


Textile-related businesses

Sears, Roebuck, & Co. Catalog. Advertisement for carpet yarn, 1927, 1 page. Posted August 1, 2003. File size 516 KB PDF


monographs

---. Braiding and Hooked Rugs, U.S. Army, 1980, 13 pages. Note: U.S. Government document. Posted December 29, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF


---. Rug Weaving, Dryad Leaflet No. 85, 16 pages. Posted October 28, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF


Atwater, Mary Meigs. Hand Woven Rugs, HTH Publishers, 1948, 33 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted November 17, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.5 MB PDF


Hickman, Elmer Wallace. Popular Rug Techniques, self published, 19 pages. Note: Published without copyright notice. Posted February 26, 2001. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.3 MB PDF


Mundal, Maria. Rug Techniques, 17 pages. Note: Published without copyright notice. Posted September 6, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 764 KB PDF


Tod, Osma Gallinger. Boutone' Rugs: A Tufted Technique, Osma Gallinger Tod Studio, 4 pages. Posted July 14, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 985 KB PDF


Tod, Osma Gallinger. Flossa or Pile Rugs, Folio 13, Osma Gallinger Tod Studio, 5 pages. Posted July 14, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF


Tod, Osma Gallinger. Navajo Rug Folio, Folio 14, Osma Gallinger Tod Studio, 5 pages. Posted July 14, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.0 MB PDF


patents

Looms, carpet and rug

High Speed Carpet Loom and Method of Weaving, US03042081, MacIsaac, J. T. Jr.. August 27, 1959, 14 pages. Posted September 20, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Loom for Carpets, Tapestry, and the Like and Method of Using, US04655863, Franco, Miguel V.. April 7, 1987, 37 pages. Posted March 2, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF


Loom mechanisms

Apparatus for Making a Handcrafted Pile Rug, US04275515, Hinson, Betty R.. June 30, 1981, 16 pages. Posted March 2, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF


Fabrics

Carpet, USD0019208, Lamond, J. S. and C. T. Robertson. July 16, 1889, 2 pages. Posted January 2, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF


Pile Carpet, US05876827, Fink, Wilbert E., et al. March 2, 1999, 39 pages. Posted March 2, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF


periodicals

Handweaving News

"Flossa" Rug Knot. April 1940, 3 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted March 23, 2005. File size 700 KB PDF


A Variety of Rugs. August 1942, 3 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 8, 2005. File size 728 KB PDF


Four Harness Colonial Coverlet Patterns for Rugs. April 1945, 2 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 19, 2005. File size 600 KB PDF


Rag Rugs. August 1946, 3 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 20, 2005. File size 676 KB PDF


"Flossa" Rug Knot. May 1947, 3 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 20, 2005. File size 612 KB PDF


Warp Pattern Rugs. March 1948, 2 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 20, 2005. File size 620 KB PDF


Practical Weaving Suggestions

"Easy-to-Weave Rugs". Vol. XXVI, 8 pages. Posted September 13, 2004. CD (HWDA11). File size 1.1 MB PDF


"No-Tabby Weave and Tufted Rugs". Vol. 1-61, 8 pages. Posted September 12, 2004. CD (HWDA11). File size 1.1 MB PDF


"Chenille Rugs". Vol. 3-62 (1962), 8 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA02). File size 1.7 MB PDF


other

Exhibition catalogs and guides

---. L'Art Oriental: Les Tapis [The Art of the Orient: Carpets], P. Chavan, 1908, 27 pages. Posted October 8, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.8 MB PDF.


Equipment catalogs and instruction manuals

---. Instructions for Setting Up and Operating the Weaver's Delight 4-Harness Carpet, Rug and Cloth Loom, Newcomb Loom Co., 1913, 62 pages. Note: Provided by Nancy M. McKenna. 2-up. Posted December 11, 2002. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


---. Instructions for Setting up and Operating the Weaver's Friend Carpet and Rug Loom, Newcomb Loom Company, 40 pages. Posted September 6, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.6 MB PDF


---. Union Rug & Carpet Looms for Home and Custom Weaving, Union Loom Works, 28 pages. Posted July 18, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.4 MB PDF


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