From East to West (Carpet Weaving)

Making carpets Shows the different steps of carpet production. Woman kneeling at loom making carpet by hand; cutting strands. 02:54:36 Tough yarn placed on reels & wound onto spools. Twisting yarns together. Yarn tied together. 02:55:07 Woman inspecting cloth. 02:55:16 Starching the warp and drying on steam rollers. Dying (?). Loading the cop for the shuttle (?). 02:55:52 Man designing patterns for rugs w/ paint. Design worked into set of cards; cards stitched together. 02:56:44 Large loom, Coloured yarn placed on rear frame; various angles. 02:57:13 Jacquard controlling system of wires and threads. Strings raising the different yarns. CU of machine. Shuttle binding yarns together. 02:58:51 Wilton weaving to form nap or plush by cutting loops. CU. 02:59:37 Workers burling, searching for bad spots & mending. Sewing strips together. 03:00:45 Stretching & ironing out, rolling carpets, wetting, turning & hanging. Rolling. 03:02:02 Fringing. Finished carpet in shop. The End. Rug Industry; Manufacturing; Mechanisation; Mechanization; 1920s;