weaver's art in transition
Subtitle: the pattern books of Johann Michael Kirschbaum (1771) and Georg Sennewald (1859)
By: facsimile, translation, and study by Patricia Hilts.
Contributors: Kirschbaum, Johann Michael, 18th cent.; Sennewald, Georg.
Series: Ars textrina -- v. 32
Publisher: Charles Babbage Research Centre
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Winnipeg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Kirschbaum, Johann Michael, -- 18th cent.; Sennewald, Georg.; Weaving -- Patterns.
Genres: Patterns.
Other titles: Neues Bild-und Muster-Buch zur Beforderung der Edlen Leinen-und Bild-Weberkunst.; Lehr-und Muster-Buch der Gesammten Linnen und Tischzeugweberei und der Weberei in Wolle und Baumwolle.
Notes: "Contains reproductions and translations of two important pattern books for weavers: Johann Michael Kirschbaum's Neues Bild-und Muster-Buch zur Beforderung der Edlen Leinen-und Bild-Weberkunst (New weaver's tie-up and pattern book for the advancement of the noble linen and pattern-weaver's art), which was originally published in 1771, and Georg Sennewald's Lehr-und Muster-Buch der Gesammten Linnen und Tischzeugweberei und der Weberei in Wolle und Baumwolle (Complete instruction and pattern book for linen and tablecloth weaving and weaving in wool and cotton), which was published in 1859." -- P. 9.