BROCADE

Fiber

Silk

Silk lampas

Wool, tapestry woven

Warps: 2 S plied Z spun undyed ivory wool; alternate warps slightly depressed; pronounced lazy lines. Weft: 1 Z spun strand in light red and brown; 2 yarns per shoot, with alternating green and brown yarns, some single yarn shots. Pile: 2 S plied Z spun wool; cotton. Pile colors (wool): light green, light blue, white wool, purply-red, maroon red, brick red, pink, medium blue, dark blue, olive green, pale ecru (possibly faded from?) yellow. White pile is cotton. Knots per vertical decimeter: 49. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 37/38. Woven upside down.

Horn

Compound-weave silk with supplementary gold wefts; selected motifs embroidered with polychrome silk threads

Textile fibers

Gauze damask with metallic buttons

Linen and wool, tapestry woven

Brown satin ground with embroidered decoration