Embroidered Sampler

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.

Textile fibers

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

Cotton, plain weave plaid in black, white, and green

Silk on linen

Wool

The support medium is twill. The technique is brocade. The shape/form is "kesa