Arnold Wolfensberger

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Arnold Wolfensberger

A practical early-20th-century textile writer, best known for a detailed guide to silk weaving that helped explain both technique and fabric analysis. His surviving work still appeals to readers interested in weaving history, industrial craft, and the mechanics behind patterned silk.

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Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics

Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics

by Arnold Wolfensberger

About the author

Arnold Wolfensberger is known today for Theory of Silk Weaving, a technical manual published in 1921 by the American Silk Journal. The book focuses on how silk fabrics are constructed, covering drawing-in, weave structure, and the analysis and calculation of plain, novelty, and jacquard silk fabrics.

Because reliable biographical material on him is scarce in the sources I could confirm, it is safer to describe him through his work than through personal details. What does come through clearly is a strong command of textile practice and a gift for explaining complex weaving methods in a structured, usable way.

For modern listeners and readers, Wolfensberger stands out as a specialist voice from the American silk industry of his era. His writing offers a window into the technical side of weaving at a time when silk production and design demanded both craftsmanship and precision.