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Placemat
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85.5.79
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Placemat - natural linen woven in Bronson lace, with notes "Marjorie" and "Helen" repeated across width, woven in "pickup". "Pick up" can be found in Mary Snyder's workshop, given to Weaver's Guild of Rochester, 1962....View Full Record
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Collar
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86.2.72A-C
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Lace collar and cuffs. Natural linen plain weave decorated with whitework embroidery filet lace and crocheted edging bound with cotton gauze bias tape....View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.8
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sampler - white, purple, red, green, white and brown wool....View Full Record
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Sample, woven
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85.5.80a
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Sample/fragment of fabric - Pre-Inca Peruvian. Design has a typical Peruvian cat, red and gold as it is now, Chancay period, Peru.
Plain weave with inlay.
Warp is cotton, natural. Weft is the same....View Full Record
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Apron
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85.5.72
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Sampler apron - dark blue with horizontal, patterned stripes in red, orange, yellow, green, light blue and lavender. Casing woven with strands of cotton; extra weft yarn extension then braided to make ties.
Weave: Honeysuckle
Warp: cotton, navy blue....View Full Record
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Apron
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85.5.71
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Sampler Apron - Dark blue with horizontal, green patterned stripes. Apron ties of weft strands, inlayed into 3 sets of pattern sheds, then shirred. Ends are braided.
Weave: Honeysuckle, Overshot.
Warp: cotton, 20/2 navy blue
Weft: same
Pattern weft: cotton, 3/2, 5/2, boucle, metalic....View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.58
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Sampler - Natural with stripes of green, blue, gold, red, peach and more colors. "Ancient Rose," 50 treadlings, overshot. Fancy twill....View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.59
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Sampler - Bright rainbow colored "Ancient Rose" weave color blanket....View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.60
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Sampler - blue warp in "Weaver's Fancy" and beige warp in "Rosepath" in the center section. Attached muslin strip details treadling orders and weft yarns.
Weave: Overshot.
Warp: cotton, 8/2 lue and beige in stripes.
Weft: multiple
Reference: "Weaver's Fancy" is from Davison....View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.61
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Sampler - natural background with orangish tan pattern, "Maltese Cross", woven by L. Jessens.
Weave: Overshot, Maltese Cross.
Warp and weft: Cotton, 20/2 natural
Pattern weft: Cotton, 5/2 tan
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