New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24
A REVOLUTION IN WEAVING.
DESIGNS QUICKLY TRANSFERRED 10
THE LOOM STENCIL.
YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AND WOVEN INTO
HANDKERCHIEF IN HALE AN HoUR-sZcZB-
PANIK. INVENTOR OF THE TELEcTRo-
SCOPE. AUTHOR OF THE PROCESS.

Fror, Vienna letter 20 Tho London Chronicle.
Herr ian szczepanik the youthful inventor OF
the telectroscope, mas now maze soinc 80
tons likely to revolutionze the whole OF me tex
tile Industry affecting as they DO all It's princi-
pal operations BY utilizing photography for weav.;
an hour accomplish what it has taken the designer
months or years TO complete according 10 the s'@s
AS is known. design that is 70 be woven mus.
first be resolved into squai es In the case az ~ IA
millions Of such lite squares before u y posstps
In the jacquard loom and are consequently ansod
lutey necessary for the production OF He ,nsu
textile goods Herr Szczepanik. however totaLItiy
aoolishes The designer ana more IMAM supPheS n''
place by photography.
in ihe Cngarsasse and ne showed me the who.e
Of his procedure The. Photographic apparatus no
employs made in Vienna and is the largest IN
The focusing screen is i2 metres C5l inchesl
DC made expressly by Zeiss Of Jena. Next he en-
sections These screens grds are on glass plates
photographlc negatives ever made measuring 10
metres a5 inches square. Each such screen con-
which hitherto tho desgner. with infinite labor, has
filled in In The course OF as much as TWO 10 thres
years Herr szczepanik does away WIFE TINS "hoe
Having chosen tho pattern-say landscape-the
web Is to show, he attaches picture Of II TO an
upright board fastened to the camera stand IL
he subject may be- Whether It be human hgurs
or face. 4 landscape or mere ornament whether
than the other. and causes no more troupe.
The next thing is 70 insert a suitable ruled screen
Immediately in front OF the sensitive plate o..
the silver bromide paper. Two minutes exposure
suffice TO produce an image on the sensitized paper
showing the points of intersection needed; develop,
then the design IS finished me different colors tho
web is TO have are represented by different signs
or figures which are produced by means OF cotte-
spending stops in the object glass
The second process IS punching the Jacquard
stencils Hitherto mis- has been slow operation
carried on with the help OF machine eacn square
having to be cut out separately Now herr
Szczepank. by means Of III carbon process. Trans.
TOYS me design onto tnln Shcst OF ma, "a
o5rating the necessity Of MAKING me Jacqaata
s.encil on silver bromide paper. The procedure Is
tho same as In zinc et'hng: the paris OF me 4e-
sisn exposed 10 the light are covered WIN sela,,
tne. VINE r IN tne ones sie h ' ,n, rio
Conductors are formed and al those points on this
metal plate which represent noles on the ruieo
fbn, nm, ioto ~ acbIne sneeiallv constructed for
the purpose of punching IT, Automa icaly IT passes
under a row 81 contacts which are connected With
electromagnetic that set In motion levers when
But the inventor goes step further yet With.s
machine be; 20 the Jacquard loom ne sets in mo-
ton nor only the 5ing Levers ouJ alye t ds
rectly from the sinai design plate (as We may
name this subs .tuto for the jacquard stencil oy
"Whal need Of this punching machine a, ALL" I
asked ~ you can weave directly from the original
III is clear" answered Herr szczepanik that Il
would be most difficult all al once 10 abolish all ne
looms now In use mus aihlnlId,lHg the eIeas
capital invested in them. Accordingly economic
course. that Of the siencil-punching machine. N
order Immediately 10 enable the manufacturer 10
produce more cheaply and to afford him an oppor.
tunity Of introducing the electric looms gradually
In feY days, as he further tod me. his hrst
electric jacquard loom will arrive IN Vienna from
the mandatory in Germany where II mas been
made. II is 10 be exhibited at the Paris Exhlbi-
ton for the first time. Before the eyes OF the pub
lie II will weave silk pocket handkerchefs In three
minutes the purchaser OF such handkerchief VIII
be photographed by an apparatus IN the loom itseIf
the design-plate will be prepared oy the same
machine and then Il will make silk hanGkercnief
with the pUr Chasers likeness woven tnto II, so
that in not more than Half an hour from the time
when the portrait taken the buyer Will be able
TO take away with him momento OF the ex-
hbition a handkerchief with his nwoven portrait.
and all for a mere bagatelle
At the Jubilee Exhibition now open here In
Vienna for the present only two gobelins woven
by Szczepanks new loom Will be shown one OF
them contains Mark Twain's portrait. For some
time the great humorisl has been giving the we'll
known Polish painter Henryk Rauchinger almost
daily sittings FOR d portrait FOR the goben. The
other day visited the studio. and found the por-
trait nearly finished Il will be the best ore OF Mark
Twain ever painted The second gobelia will con-
tain the portrait OF Emperor Francis Joseph in
his magnificent robes OF state and surrounded by
allegorcal figures. and this portrait will also be
from Rauchingers brush. Herr Szczepanik further
showed ne small landscapes woven In silk. They
are OF wonderful beauty. and Of course more exact
than anything manufactured from handmade
jacquard cards They have been made on his pTes-
ma