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bins of various Colours of Silk or Worfted, as the 
Piece requires: Then he takes up with his Fingers 
one Thread after another, as they anfwer to any Co- 
lour in the Painting beneath ; and with the other Hand 
palfes the Bobbin with the fame Colour, and ftrikes 
the Threads clofe with an Ivory Comb. Some of 
thefe Frames are. made like a Loom y with a Warp 
paffed through the Leifies and Predies for the Feet, 
with which they open the Threads of the Warp, to 
pafs a common Shuttle through them, when it is ne- 
celfary to make a long Throw, as is required in 
Grounds, Pillars, and tall Uprights. 
In the upright Way the Warp runs from Top to 
Bottom of the Piece; the Pattern is placed upright, 
and clofe behind it, and the Out-lines are drawn in 
Charcoal upon the Forejide of the Warp. The Work- 
man is placed with his Back to the Light, by which 
means he can fee the Pattern better; then he takes 
up the- Threads one by one, and palfes the Bobbin, as 
in the other Way, and ftrikes it clofe with the Comb;. 
All- which is near as tedious as Needlework itfelf; 
which is the Reafon why fine Papejiry comes to fuch 
high Prices, fo that none but Princes care to buy it; 
and what can be had at a moderate Price is always 
coarfe, and of a low Tafte : For Workmen who have 
any good Notion of Painting , and are capable of ad- 
juring the Colours, are not to be had, but forexceffive 
Wages ; which much enhances the Price likewife 
But in Mr. Ze Plan’s new Way of weaving Pap eji ry 
in the Loom with a Draw-boy y Tapeftry may be 
performed almoft as expeditious as fine Brocades : For 
when the Loom is once fet and mounted, any com- 
mon. 
