Report to the Department of State On Silk And Silk Manufacturers

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But, al- though this loom is universally in use, the effects it can produce have been no where pushed to so great an extent as in France, and particularly in Lyons.
The same may be said of Calais in its applica- tion of the Jacquard to blondes^ or figured silk laces.
The Exhibition proves, by products of this kind, that henceforth, to automatic labor, almost nothing is impossible.
The magnificent specimens of lace there dis- played, which imitate and well-nigh rival the most exquisite and elabo
...rate efforts obtained by 102 the slow and tedious process of liaiid-lalxn-, are now tlie results of the motive power of steam, while the functions of the workmen are limited to a superintendence, which l)ecomes almost a sinecure, on account of the admirahle precision and perfect execution of these machines.
It is thus that fabrics, alike l»eautifiil and use- ful, once ranked amongst articles of luxury, and accessi])le only to the wealthy, are each day ren- dered more available to the masses: contributing both to the prosperity of the ]>roducer, and the gratification of the consumer.


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