Yellow Cover Embroidered in Chain Stitch

Textile fibers

Ink on silk

Linen

Jute, twisted yellow paper, and cellophane, basket weave

Linen

Cloth of silver (lamé) with gold filé brocading

Warps: undyed white cotton, 2 Z spun S plied. 34 warps per decimeter. Wefts: wool, Z spun; varied pairs and singles per shot. Extremely eccentric wefts, supplementary wefts for broceaded ornaments. Weft color: blue (heavily abrashed), red (heavily abrashed), green (probably indigo sulfonic, heavily abrashed), yellow, undyed white, light purply brown, corrosive brown, genuine purple/aubergine. Both selvedges: return wefting. Top and bottom: between 8 and 11 warps in a knotted fringe.

Silk in 'kesi' tapestry weave, selected elements woven with metallic silver threads