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Fragment, woven	93.5.39
Blanket fragment - Navy, rose, white and olive green plaid, twill weave. Tagged with note from Elizabeth Terlouw, "Woven in two strips, about 25-26" each; seamed down the middle - through the red stripe. Sample is half of one strip." Warp is natural and blue cotton with navy blue, rose and olive brown wool....View Full Record

Fragment, woven	93.5.3B
Coverlet fragment - Natural cotton with indigo blue wool pattern; Overshot weave, star and wheel with double table, chariot wheel, orchard windows; natural cotton warp, 20 EPI; natural cotton weft; indigo wool pattern weft; draft and note included....View Full Record

Sample	93.5.342
Small rectagular sample in off white cotton. Decorative design of rectangles and lines in Bronson lace. Natural-colored cotton warp and weft. Unfinished ends....View Full Record

Cloth Fragment	93.5.341
Small green cloth fragment which appears to be a table runner fragment. Warp and weft in same medium green cotton floss. Twill variations create pattern of vertical striped bamds amd squares. Fringed and hemstitched on one end, two selvedges, one raw cut end....View Full Record

Mat, Table	93.5.340
White cotton table mat woven in plain weave with, with decorative bands of Leno weave and Danish medallion along both hemmed sides. Could be a napkin....View Full Record

Sample	93.5.324
Small beige and brown sample with horizonatal bands of overshot patterns alternating with plain weave. Central dark brown band predominates. Warp and weft threads are natural "grey" linen with pattern weft in dark brown and beige wool. Two selvedges and two raw fringed edges....View Full Record

Sample	93.5.325
Small square sample of overshot with "gold" metallic ribbon and white wool yarn. Two selvedges, one hemstitched fringe and one overcast cut edge. Horizontal band design. Weft and warp are two ply wool....View Full Record

Sampler	93.5.326
Long narrow multicolored sampler. Horizontal bands show overshot weaves in a variety of patterns and colores. Predominant colors are blue, mauve, purple, green, yellow and orange. Warp threads and binder weft are natrua ecru or "grey" linen, three ply S twist, fine weight. Pattern weft are varied in color and weight but are predominantly a heave wool-like two ply S twist synthetic, possbily acrylic....View Full Record

Sample	93.5.328
Small sample of traditional overshot pattern. Warp and binding weft in boiled or bleached linen and pattern weft in rust colored cotton floss....View Full Record

Sampler	93.5.329
Rectangular sample of Summer and Winter weave. Upper section has checkerboard pattern in overall pinkish grey and black. Bottom section had light blue and off white geometric pattern. Warp threads are white cotton two ply Z twist. Weft threads are varied. Light blue threads are pearl cotton two ply Z twist. Orange Z twist, blue Z twist are same size and used for tabby. Black and brown yarns are four ply knitting worsted....View Full Record

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