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Fragment, woven	95.15.4
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

Fragment, woven	95.15.5A
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

Fragment, woven	95.15.5B
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

fragment, woven	00.26.16
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. ...View Full Record

fragment, woven	00.26.15
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

Belt	86.4.56
Belt - blue and white figured cotton with border stripes and long fringes at both warp ends....View Full Record

Belt	86.4.55
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

fragment, woven	00.26.14
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!" ...View Full Record

Sample	95.13.1
Sample - Red with thin blue stripes. Wool. Very tattered....View Full Record

Sampler	86.4.52
Sampler - fine wool figured lace weave in old rose wool....View Full Record

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