Tapestry Fragment with Semis of Florets

Silk, silver foil, and gilded silver foil. Lampas with foundation of warp-faced plain weave and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in plain weave.

Silk with gold metallic yarns

Relief print, ink on silk

Silk and metallic yarns, sequins, seed pearls and jewels

Silk brocaded lampas

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.

Fiber/filament

Silk and metallic yarns lamé and filé

Ink on even weave tabby linen