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Fragment, woven	93.5.43C
Blanket fragment - wool in shades of brown. Twill weave, balanced. Warp and weft are striped wool, dark brown, natural, gold - singles. Selvedge on one side, hemmed at one end. Note from Terlouw, "beautiful color under hem on scrap attached." C is attached to an 8x 10 card, and is the corner cut out from A. Original blanket was cut into three scraps, A, B, and C....View Full Record

Fragment, woven	93.5.47
Blanket fragment - Navy and natural wool; balanced twill weave. Center seam falls in center of white block. Terlouw stated that it was seamed in that manner....View Full Record

Fragment, woven	93.5.51B
Coverlet fragment - Dark blue (indigo) and natural. Overshot weave, roses or snowballs with a border. Warp and weft are natural cotton, pattern weft is dark indigo blue wool. A is hemmed crudely, evidence of selvedge by a few pattern weft threads. B is cut from A, it matches....View Full Record

Fragment, woven	93.5.54A
Coverlet fragment - Blue and white; summer and winter weave, 6 shaft; "Mosaic" 4 harness draft; wool and cotton. Good selvedge on one side, splits the design for seaming. Traditionally, in S & W the tabby weft is 1/2 the size of the warp. It closes to square because of the weave structrue. Warp is cotton, plied. Weft is cotton, fine. Pattern weft is wool, indigo....View Full Record

Fragment, woven	93.5.54C
Coverlet fragment - Blue and white; summer and winter weave, 6 shaft; "Mosaic" 4 harness draft; wool and cotton. Warp is cotton, plied. Weft is cotton, fine. Pattern weft is wool, indigo....View Full Record

Fragment, woven	93.5.54E
Coverlet fragment - Blue and white blocks pattern. Six shaft summer and winter weave, "Mosaic". Natural color cotton and blue wool....View Full Record

Fragment, woven	93.5.54F
Coverlet fragment - Blue and white. Summer and winter weave, 6 shaft, Mosaic pattern. Warp is cotton, natural, plied. Weft is cotton, natural, (plied, unusual for S & W.) Pattern weft is wool, indigo, dark. Selvedge on one side. F and G were one piece, but were cut into two fragments to be used as teaching examples....View Full Record

Cloth Fragment	93.5.55
Overshot sample in various colors. Warp is blue, pink, tan, green and rose two ply wool. Pattern weft in blue, two ply synthetic blend with pink wool two ply tabby binder. Mounted on card with drawdown and notes....View Full Record

Mat, Table	93.5.85
Beige table mat with silver threads in double band border design at sides. Warp and weft are woven with a man-made yarn in pearly white. Decorative borders woven with a heavier yarn of the same pearly white fiber and a silver colored metallic thread. Two selvedges and two hand stitched hems....View Full Record

Mat, Table	93.5.86
Light green placemat with heavy yarn and "silver" threads in decorative twill borders. Plain weave center. Two selvedges, two handstitched hems....View Full Record

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