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Wool

Wool warp, weft and pile

Wool pile

Wool pile on

Wool and linen, tapestry weave set into fabric of linen loops

Cotton warps; cotton wefts; wool pile in symmetrical knot.

Wool and linen, tapestry weave set into fabric of linen loops

Wool pile on

Wool pile

Warps: 3 Z spun S plied undyed white wool, some slightly darker; alternate warps slightly depressed. Weft: 1 ply Z spun undyed buff, or dyed red (Qashqai); 2 or 3 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 S plied Z spun wool. Pile colors: dark indigo blue, blue green, medium blue, yellow, yellow green, white, dark brown/black. Knots: asymmetrical, open to the left. Knots per vertical decimeter: 49. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 48. Both selvedges: rewrapped. Top end: approz 1 cm. blue and white double cloth float weaved followed by double line countered soumak in red and white. Bottom end: stripped.

Wool pile

Wool, warp, weft and pile