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lace fragment	86.2.71
Lace edging fragment. Black machine lace with spot pattern in brides and floral border design....View Full Record

Sample, woven	85.5.88
Fabric sample - multicolored striped designs. (green, red, yellow, pink, purple, black) Weave: Weft faced with design pick-up. Plain weave. Warp: Cotton, natural, fine. Weft: cotton, many colors....View Full Record

Cloak	86.2.7
Fuschia silk man's cloak. Accesssion records note cloak as Turkish. Full length, center front opening top to bottom. Stand up collar. Embroidery scattered overall with floral motifs, silk threads, metal threads, metal sequins. Beige cotton gimp edging along opening, collar and cuffs. Lined with off-white cotton twill fabric....View Full Record

Runner	85.5.89
Runner - blue and white overshot weave. Tagged reads, "Note the many mistakes in threading. How many can you find?" Hemmed on both ends. Warp and weft: cotton, white. Pattern weft: cotton, blue, heavier than warp....View Full Record

Cloth Fragment	86.2.67a,b
Two fabric fragments cut to identical, irregular shape. Fabric is white brocade showing figural pattern in red, silver and black. Horizontal rows of figures, trees and birds. Each fragment has a selvedge and raw cut edges....View Full Record

Towel, Dish	85.5.90
Linens - Natural linen with narrow hem, handwoven, (observe selvedges). Weave: point twill and M's and O's. Warp: Linen, singles, extremely fine, natural. Weft: Linen, singles, fine, but heavier than the warp....View Full Record

Apron	85.5.91
Doll's apron; Natural linen with green, red and black overshot. Drawstring ties of red and green braided floss. This apron is the inspiration for Marjorie Ruth Ross' sampler aprons. Weave: overshot Warp: linen, natural Weft: linen, natural. Pattern weft: floss, red, green, black....View Full Record

Band, woven	85.5.92
Band, woven- brown, green, tan and orange warp. Weave: card weaving. Warp: cotton, floss and 10/2 merc. cotton. Weft: cotton, 10/2 brown ...View Full Record

Sampler	86.1.184
Large threading and treadling gamp. White warp and blue, brown, beige and orange wefts in blocks across the width of fabric. Brown yarn separates rows of blocks. Two selvedges, machine-stitched along one raw edge and one hemmed edge. Various twills. Warp is white cotton three ply Z twist. Wefts are all pearl cotton, two ply S twist. Ink inscription on number tag: "Twelve threadings,twenty-five treadlings, three hundred swatches"...View Full Record

Sampler	86.1.332
Long narrow sampler in natural cotton warp with horizontal bands in burgundy and rose cotton weft. Ink inscription on number tag reads: BF 1136 Rosepath Sampler/ in 8/4 carpet warp - white / weft - pink and maroon 7 1/2" wide / 2 threadings / 90 treadings / 180 swatches / from BF project / of 110 / Treadlings - treadlings / noted to correspond with BF instructions....View Full Record

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