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Fragment, woven	93.5.54D
Coverlet fragment - Blue and white; summer and winter weave, 6 shaft, "Mosaic"; wool and cotton, one selvedge. Warp is cotton, plied, natural. Weft is cotton, singles, half the size of the warp. Pattern weft is wool, very dark indigo....View Full Record

Apron	93.5.194
Full apron with neck band and waist straps. Constructed of handwoven fabric in red and white cotton. Warp and weft are white cotton with supplemental pattern in multi-strand red. Block weave and huck; pattern "grows" from top to bottom....View Full Record

Mat, Table	93.5.133
Natural colored linen warp and weft. Lacy weave bands at side hems. Initials "BF" in lower right in same lacy weave....View Full Record

Rug	86.5.77
Rug - faded rag type, blue warp, strips of red, blue, green and multicolored cotton weft, plain weave, knotted fringe at both warp ends; thumb-tacked to wooden rod for hanging....View Full Record

Sample	86.4.82
Fabric sample - natural wool and natural cotton warp forming a spot pattern on brown weft backgound. Reversible? Weave: appears to be weft-faced twill with supplementary warp. Warp: Cotton, natural; wool, natural supplementary. Weft: wool, mink brown....View Full Record

Coverlet	95.15.10
Coverlet fragment (large) L shaped. pink and white. Pattern includes stars and crossed rose sprays. Border of flower pots with rose bushes. Double weave. The corner has eagle with shield, arrows and branches and reads, "1852 Hepsey Filkins" There is additional writing, the begining of which is cut off, that reads, "...RLEN GENESEE. CO. N.Y." There is also a seam where two woven panels were sewn together to make the larger coverlet....View Full Record

Tablecloth	86.4.51
Tablecloth - white linen textured weave with cross-stitch initials "AW" in red; reported to have come from Greece. Made from two pieces connected with center seam....View Full Record

Bag	85.5.274a-b
(a) Drawstring bag for traveling, and (b) smaller, folded travel case to fit inside the bag. Both are natural color with blue overshot patterned stripes. Weave: overshot, possibly Johann Schleelein's #123 pattern. see "Related Publications" for additional references. Warp: 20/2 cotton, white Weft: 20/2 cotton, white Pattern weft: 10/2 cotton, blue....View Full Record

Rug	85.4.310
Woven Rug/Tapestry - pink and multicolor wool rug with large birds and human figures. Woven by children in Harraniya, outside Cairo, Egypt. Tapestry rug depicts five large birds in dense grass, a child rides the back of the center bird. Background hues are pale blue, pale chartreuse, and deep brown. Tapestry has wool weft on linen warp. Old exhibit label with rug says "small tapestry beaters tightly pushed each segment of weave ito the intended spot. The hanging has not been steamed to lay flat, a possible indication of the fact that it is an older piece as more recently woven pieces from El Harraniyeh appear flat."...View Full Record

vest	2005.1.13
Vest - wool and linen, brown and cream with cream fluffy, knotted pile inside. Canvas work....View Full Record

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