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Cotton

Long-armed cross and four-sided silk stitch on a cotton ground.

Wool and linen

Linen and wool, tapestry woven

Silk on cotton

Red silk satin, green silk damask, and white silk tabby-weave fabric

Linen and wool, tapestry woven

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.

wool pile on a foundation of cotton warps and wefts

Wool

Silk