Chapter I: Front Matter

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COLOUR IN WOVEN DESIGN

COLOUR IN WOVEN DESIGN

_BEING A TREATISE ON_
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF TEXTILE COLOURING
(WOOLLEN, WORSTED, COTTON AND SILK MATERIALS)

BY

ROBERTS BEAUMONT, M.SC., M.I.MECH.E.
PROFESSOR OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS;
AUTHOR OF
“FINISHING, OF TEXTILE FABRICS,” “WOOLLEN AND WORSTED CLOTH MANUFACTURE,”
“WOVEN FABRICS AT THE WORLD’S FAIR.”

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE JURY OF AWARD AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION, 1900;
INSPECTOR OF TEXTILE INSTITUTES; SOCIETY OF ARTS SILVER MEDALLIST;
HONORARY MEDALLIST OF THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.

EDITOR OF
“THE JOURNAL OF THE LEEDS UNIVERSITY TEXTILE STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION”

WITH 39 COLOURED PLATES, CONTAINING 187 ILLUSTRATIONS
AND 280 FIGURES IN THE TEXT

_SECOND EDITION, REWRITTEN AND ENLARGED,
WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS_

WHITTAKER & CO.
2 WHITE HART STREET, PATERNOSTER SQUARE
LONDON, AND NEW YORK
1912

THIS NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION
IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY LATE FATHER

JOHN BEAUMONT,

PROFESSOR OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
THE YORKSHIRE COLLEGE, LEEDS,
1875-1889.