J.C. Le Blon's tapestry technique

[Sarah Lowengard <sarahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jacob Christoph Le Blon is probably best known for his invention, early in
the 18th century, a technique for 3 color printing.  But he also invented
(and was granted an English patent) a method to weave tapestry using only
three colors.  I've read the the patent, and read some comments about the
process and its result written by various memebers of the Royal Society of
London, and I *still* can't figure out what he's doing here.

Has anyone ever seen one of Le Blon's "tapestries"?  Does anyone know
where even a fragment might be?  Have a clue who might know more about
this?  All the secondary source literature is most interested in his
printing process and either skips mention entirely or gives it very short
shrift.

Thanks very much.

Sarah
Sarah Lowengard                                            sarahl@xxxxxxxxx
22 February, 1998                                            New York, NY