Copyright Copyright © 1965, 1993 by Anni Albers Allrights reserved Chapter One, “Weaving, Hané,” copyright © 1963 by Encyclopedia Britannica, Ine; reprinted by permission. Bibliographical Note Ths Dover edition, first published in 2003, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Conn. in 1965, The original color frontispiece has been reproduced here on the iaside front cover. The eight remaining color plates scattered throughout the original edition have been gathered together as an eight-page color insert bawoen plates Wand 78 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Albers, Ani ‘On weaving / Anni Albers, pen. Originally published: Middletown, Conn. ; Wesleyan University Pres, 1965, ISBN 0-186-43192-4 (pbk) 1. Textile design. 2. Weaving. I. Title, ‘TS1475.A22 2003 746.14 -de21 2003048881 Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc. 31 East 2nd Stet, Mingo, N-Y. 11501Contents Introductory Note 5 Preface 5 ont Weaving, Hand | mwo__The Loom a Hee The Fundamental Gonstructions 8 Four Drajt Notation 44 Five Modified and Composite Weaves a six Early Techniques of Thread Intertacing a8 seven Interrelation of Fiber and Construction 59 ricur ‘Tactile Sensibility be Nine Tapestry aa ten ___Designing as Visual Organization 2 Acknowledgments 197 aie soa