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breaking job in itself, if you've ever tried it!)  Synopsis for a textile order might read:

"One - Detailed blueprints of house and furniture designs arrive, plus samples of all woods, linoleum, etc. Personalities of owners outlined.

"Two - Conference between Mrs. Liebes and her chief weavers. Tentative colors and texture patterns planned and cartoons drawn. Argument ... change ... final cartoons.

"Three - Raw material chosen or made or discovered or divined or conjured out of thin air, and taken to dyer for strange and special shades. 

"Four - Tests made for durability and practicability (sunlight, laundry wear, etc.).

"Five - Then at last the looms are set up and weaving started. (And this is all for samples only.)

"Easy?"