24 shaft Fickinger design
(1740s) on a painted warp. One of my favorite designs. |
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Another
Frickinger design - a modern
interpretation of a 1740's design. First time I used all 32 shafts of
my loom. 8 block broken twill damask weave. Cottons with painted warp. |
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Another interpretation of the above Frickinger design. White cotton warp. Broken twill damask. | |
Another interpretation of the above Frickinger design. A different tie up. White cotton warp. Broken twill damask. | |
Damask
weaves from John Landis. Cottons. 3 block 5 shaft satin weave. |
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Damask
patterns from a Danish source dated
approximately 1716. Cottons. 3 block 5 shaft satin weave. |
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Interpretation
of Frickinger pattern (see document
image below). Cotton & linen. 5 block 5 shaft satin weave, 25 shafts. |
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Interpretation
of Frickinger pattern (see document
image below), with plate and star & diamond type twill napkin. |
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Example pages of Frickinger's 1740 draft book. From Ars Textrina, vol. 25, Aug. 1996, trans. Patricia Hilts. |