History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c23.s4.14

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One of the characteristics of the Indian loom has been the intensive use of shafts and treadles to achieve extra warp and weft patterning. For extra warp however, an ingenious device, the barrel dobby is much in evidence today. The dobby was patented in England but its roots may well lie in shaft and peddle devices used in extra warp ornamentation as in the *Paiṭhāni* loom, Maharashtra.