'Pojagi' with Repeating Geometric Pattern

Velvet

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.

Textile fibers

Fiber

Textile fibers

Polychrome silk-floss embroidery in satin stitch on a dark blue silk damask ground and gold thread border

Silk

Folded, stitched strips of purple, red, azure, white, taupe, pink, and golden brown silk