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Sample	87.6.97
Rectangular sample woven in ecru linen warp and light blue, dark blue, coral, yellow and off white cotton weft; diamond twill; warp ends are machine-stitched; two selvedges....View Full Record

Sample	87.6.98a, b
Two samples of drapery fabric in point twill. Warp is 2 ply natural color spun silk (12 s.e.) epi 40; ppi 26. Weft is same as warp. Draft and treadling order attached. 4 shaft point twill. Sample (a) includes 1 selvedge....View Full Record

Sample	87.6.76
Small off white, brown, orange and yellow sample with irregular diagonal stripes. Warp is three ply fine cotton yarn. Weft made up of brown chenille, yellow, orange and off white boucle. Fancy twill. Old card states: "Maker: Dorothea Hulse."...View Full Record

Sample	87.6.75
Buff, yellow, gold and light brown sample mounted on card. Warp is buff, weft is remaining colores. The light brown yarns are heavier, woven to create vertical bands alternating thick and thin. Two selvedges and two raw edges....View Full Record

Sample	87.6.71
Small cream colored sample. Silk boucle weft and rayon warp lend a sheen to this fabric. Old card identifies weave structure as Summer and Winter....View Full Record

Sample	87.6.44
Rectangular sample in deep red with decorative bands in various colors. Cotton warp and primarily cotton weft with brightly colored rayon accents and chenille in rayon and cotton. Primarily plain weave with Rosepath stripes. Two selvedges and two cut edges....View Full Record

Sampler	87.6.45a,b
Rectangular sampler in twill variation of varying shades of red and various treadlings. Samples are separated by a pale green thread. Three vertical bands of color warp threads have two shades of red per band. Two yarns used as one. Colors vary in wefts, also using two colors together. Warp and weft yarns are same but vary in color combinatins. All wool. Two selvedges and one end of each sample is hand stitched. ...View Full Record

Sampler	87.6.47
Light brown, pinkish brown and grey woolen sample of twill weave. Horizontal stripes as "dotted lines." Gold woolen yarn header still present. Warp threads are singles grey wool, Z twist. Two selvedges, one fringed edge and one raw cut edge....View Full Record

Cloth Fragment	87.6.60
Irregularly shaped sample mounted on card. Sample is mauve and green with purple, pale green and gold colored slubs. Twill weave. One selvedge with remaining eight edges raw cut. Warp is mauve two ply Z twist slubby wool. Weft is singles, S twist slubby wool....View Full Record

Sample	87.6.61
Sample mounted on card of broken twill weave. Purple warp with weft of dark blue wool with turqoiuse and olive slubs. One selvedge. Cut with curve to left and straight sides at top and right....View Full Record

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