Page from Book of Okinawan Textiles: Kume Islet, Pongee, Old textile used by Royal Family"

Resist-dyed orange silk utilizing the tie-dye (kanoko shibori) technique; selected motifs embroidered in polychrome silk and gold

Dyed silk woven with gold thread (lined with white silk)

Silk

Warp: tightly wound 2 ply undyed white wool. Structural weft: 1 ply Z spun. Decorative (soumak) weft: all 2 Z spun S ply. Colors: yellow, red, blue, dark blue, green, white, undyed brown, aubergine, orange. Countered soumak: light and dark red, aubergine, orange, yellow, light and dark blue. Mildly corrosive brown. 78 rows soumak per vertical decimeter. 72 decorative warps per horizontal decimeter. Both selvedges: 1 bundle of 3 warps wrapped in red brocading. Top end: 3.5 cm. slit tapestry kilim with 1 cm. brocade wefts, doubled (to 4 ply). Bottom end: cut. Which is top and which is bottom is unclear.

Silk

Textile fibers

Cut velvet and satin

Wool and linen, tapestry weave

Linen and wool, tapestry woven

Knotted wool pile on jute backing

Silk needlepoint