Gibbs Rug Patterns 1887
A trade catalogue issued in 1887 by the Gibbs Manufacturing Company, promoting its rug-making tools and patterns to home and commercial rug makers. The first picture is an engraved clamp-mounted tool with a crank screw and wing handle, while the second shows a woman seated at a rug frame working a pictorial design, with the company name printed across the top of the frame. A designer could take the crisp hatched line engraving, the bold tool silhouettes, and the simple seated figure for pattern-book or craft-manual layouts.
