Fragment of Velvet

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

'Kesi' silk tapestry fragment

Textile fibers

Warp-faced satin foundaton with continuous and discontinuous patterning wefts

Wool with linen threads on wool warps. Tapestry woven

Textile fibers

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.

Patterned silk gauze with designs stenciled in gold

Fiber