Fragment of Silk Lampas

Pashmina wool (undercoat of cashmere goat) pile on a foundation of silk warps and cotton wefts

Cotton patterned with block printing and wax-resist dyeing; quilted; backed with modern fabric; and edged with machine-made fringe

Wool

Textile fibers

Wool and linen

Warp: 2 Z spun S plied wool; 1 level. Weft: 1 Z spun wool in dark red, orange, undyed brown and yellow; mostly 2 and sometimes 3/4/5 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: dark red heavily abrashed to light red, dark yellow (heavily abrashed), light green (most likely indigo sulfonic), purple, fuchsine purple (now faded), undyed white, corrosive brown. Knots: symmetrical. Both selvedges: 2 bundles of 2 green warps each. Top end: 1 cm. green tapestry weave, stripped. Top of design is bottom of rug.

Textile fibers