Vintage textbook describing the the industrial manufacture of lace furnishings (seems to be mainly lace curtains):

Lace-Furnishing Manufacture

by Keith Harding

Published by Macmillan and Co. Limited in 1952. First edition.

Contents:

Introduction; the Lace-Curtain Machine; Automatic Detection of Broken Spool Threads on Lace Curtain Machines; Designs and Drafts; Routine for Altering Class of Work; Work-Cam Settings; Case and Maintenance of Lace Machines; Lace-Machine Tie-Ups; Yarns Used on the Machine; Brief Notes on Lace Finishing and Dressing; The Wage Structure of the Industry:

Classes of Work and Diagrams:  2: 1 Gears; 3: 1 Gears; 4: 1 Gears; 5:1 Gears and 6:1 Gears.

Hardback, 178 pages, 14.5 cm by 22.5 cm

Good condition.

Some marks ans scuffing to the dust jacket. Name written on the dust jacket.Minor marks and wear to the book cover. End papers have brown marks. Binding intact. Most inside pages look clean

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