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Fragment, woven
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95.15.4
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Fragment of a tablecloth. Red, dark blue and white. Cut and fringed on all four sides, floral design and striped. Interesting structure in the 2/2 area, the 2/2 warp creates its own stripes. Border design: Greek key and wide floral design.
Jacquard, Satin weave (damask).
Warp: cotton, stripes of solid dark blue and 2/2 dark blue and white.
Weft: cotton, red....View Full Record
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Fragment, woven
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95.15.5A
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Blanket fragment - Grey and blue. Thick, double faced, blanket weight material, two layers woven differently, one side shows a stripe, the other as a color and weave effect with blue stripes forming a plaid. Twill weave, stitched double cloth. Warp is wool, grey, black, blue with a green rayon accent. Weft is the same, without the green.
Ruth Holroyd notes, "Difference of opinion on terminology; double-faced twill vs. double cloth. There are really 2 layers stitched together by a common weft thread, each layer is a twill."...View Full Record
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Fragment, woven
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95.15.5B
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Blanket fragment - Grey and blue. Thick, double faced, blanket weight material, two layers woven differently, one side shows a stripe, the other as a color and weave effect with blue stripes forming a plaid. Twill weave, stitched double cloth. Warp is wool, grey, black, blue with a green rayon accent. Weft is the same, without the green.
Ruth Holroyd notes, "Difference of opinion on terminology; double-faced twill vs. double cloth. There are really 2 layers stitched together by a common weft thread, each layer is a twill."...View Full Record
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fragment, woven
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00.26.16
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Blanket fragment. Natural wool color. Medium-heavyweight blanket. Twill variation (broken twill) weave. Special selvedge.
Tagged, "Gift of Mrs. Wm Reedy, Spencerport, N.Y." probably in Elizabeth Terlouw's handwriting.
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fragment, woven
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00.26.15
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Blanket fragment - natural color; lightweight wool; warp and weft are wool singles; plain weave. Tagged, "Gift of Ruth Finch, note irregularities more than one weaver?, different pull-in? different beat?"...View Full Record
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Belt
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86.4.56
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Belt - blue and white figured cotton with border stripes and long fringes at both warp ends....View Full Record
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Belt
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86.4.55
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Band/belt - woven. Orange and black figured cotton with border stripes and long fringes at both warp ends; design picked up by hand. Plain weave with supplementary warp (broche). Warp is black and orange cotton. Weft is black cotton....View Full Record
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fragment, woven
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00.26.14
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Weaving fragment. Fine plain weave. Tan colored with four crosstitched initials M P C S. One side is handrolled. Filling is singles.
Tagged, "Woven by Martha Peters Comstock Town of Sweden, N.Y. (Grandmother of Mary Locke who was 94 in 1963) - She cannot guess what the "S" stands for - unless it is "sheet". Gift of Mrs. Wm Lack - to whom it was given to be used to wrap sore throats!"
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Sample
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95.13.1
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Sample - Red with thin blue stripes. Wool. Very tattered....View Full Record
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Sampler
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86.4.52
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Sampler - fine wool figured lace weave in old rose wool....View Full Record
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