Fragment of Single Compound Cloth

Fiber

Ink on silk

Warps: 2 S plied Z spun hard white undyed wool; one level. Weft: 1 Z spun brown undyed wool; 2 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 S plied Z spun wool; small amount of silk. Pile colors: dark red, light red, dark, medium and light blue, bright yellow, small amounts of white and undyed brown. Magenta is silk. Knots: asymmetrical, open to the right. Knots per vertical decimeter: 100. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 47. Selvedges: both replaced, hand serged. Top end: 1/2 cm blue and 1/2 cm white tapestry weave, folded under and sewn in bright red. Bottom end: 1/2 cm red tapestry weave.

Voided velvet with metallic yarns and damask

Book of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)

Fiber

Silk, woven with complementary wefts, inner warps, and binding warps in plain weave (taqueté)

Synthetic fiber, alternating warp weave