in the manufactories, the same with fine-drawing. It consists in sewing two pieces of cloth edge to edge, without doubling them, so that the seam scarcely appears; and hence it is denominated fine-drawing. It is a French word meaning the same thing, and is derived from the Latin retrahere, or re, in, and trahere, because the seam is drawn in or covered. We are told* that in the East Indies, if a piece of fine muslin be torn and afterwards mended by the fine-drawers, it will be impossible to discover where the rent was. In this country the dexterity of the fine-drawers is not so great as that of those in the east; but it is still such as to enable them to defraud the revenue, by sewing a head or slip of English cloth on a piece of Dutch, Spanish, or other foreign cloth: or a slip of foreign cloth on a piece of English, so as to pass the whole as a piece; and by that means avoid the duties, penalties, &c. The trick was first discovered in France by M. Savary.

in tapestry, is the working new warp into a piece of damaged tapestry, whether eaten by the rats or otherwise destroyed, and on this warp to restore the ancient pattern or design. The warp is to be of woollen, not linen. Among the titles of the French tapestry makers is included that of renterers. Fine-drawing is particularly used for a rent or hole, which happens in dressing or preparing a piece of cloth artfully sewed up or mended with silk. All fine-drawings are reckoned defects or blemishes; and should be allowed for in the price of the piece.