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Sample	86.4.100
Fabric sample - brown wool with spot design in natural cotton warp. Weave: Appears to be weft-faced twill with narrow ands of supplementary warp. Warp: Cotton, natural. Weft: Wool, brown. ...View Full Record

sample, woven	86.4.172
Fabric sample. White; space-denting and crowding result in a plaid effect. Label reads "Boras". Weave: space dented plain weave. Warp and weft are fine, bleached linen....View Full Record

Tapestry	86.4.10
Rug (miniature) or wall hanging, tapestry - woven wool in stripes of (purple ?) natural, navy, blue and maroon with geometric central figures; both selvedges; tied fringe at both warp ends. Reverse of label reads: "League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts" Maker: Sandwich New Hampshire, Home Industries Weave: plain weave Warp: cotton, natural Sett: 18cpi Weft: wool, maroon, natural, hues of blue ...View Full Record

Napkin	86.4.186
Napkin or mat - nautral linen with blue border stripe in warp and weft. Weave needs analysis, but is based on a plain weave with a decorative motif. Hemmed on all four sides, 3/16"....View Full Record

fragment, woven	00.26.9
Blanket fragment. Natural, red, olive, light blue and yellow plaid. Wool. Twill weave. Heavy blanket. Worn spots are darned with heavy brown yarn. 1 side has selvedge. One has machine finished hem. Tagged, "Border (up arrow) with corner. Main (down arrow) part of blanket. Blanket in two sections." Tagged in different handwriting. "From note attached to ruth Holroyd's sample in Betty Terlouw's handwriting 'wool blanket made in two sections. Pattern was four 8" squares. Border had stripes of medium blue stripes and squares."...View Full Record

sample	86.4.189
Fabric Sample - striped cotton in two shades of blue with brocade (spot design) in white. Fringe on four sides. Weave is plain weave with a supplementary warp. Warp is light blue and white cotton. Weft is light blue and medium blue cotton....View Full Record

Placemat	86.4.200
Placemat - natural linen lace weave. Clustered because floats allow both warp and weft to move. Variation of huck; add numbered, not repeated; overcast on four sides. Weave: Huck variation, lace weave. Warp: linen, natural. Weft: linen, natural....View Full Record

Sample, woven	86.4.199
Fabric sample - black wool twill with scattered spot (small rectangles) design in light blue, yellow, green and red. Weave structure is random weft inlay, loomed controlled, twill; multiple shafts. Commercial fabric....View Full Record

Sample, woven	86.4.197
Fabric sample - geometric design. Figured double weave in green, natural, blue, blue and purple wool. Double cloth, Jacquard. Cut, no selvedge, hemmed on one side, machine stitched all around, fringed. Warp 1is wool, light grey. Warp 2 is wool, striped black, purple, royal blue. Weft is the same. Woven as to create solid color design areas. Commercial....View Full Record

Cloth Fragment	00.26.5
Blanket scrap - Twill check, brown and light olive with natural separating the solid colors. One selvedge....View Full Record

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