Fragment of Brocaded Twill

Ramie with vegetable dyes and mineral pigments; stenciled and free-hand paste-resist decoration applied on both sides of fabric

Silk and metallic yarns, brocaded (filé and frisé)

Warps: 2 Z spun S plied undyed ivory wool; alternate warps on distinct levels. Weft: 1 ply Z spun buff and undyed brown and dark brown wool; almost all two yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: dark red, light red, orange, salmon pink, heavily abrashed green/blue-green, green, dark blue, light blue, purple, undyed ivory, and corrosive brown-black. Knots: symmetrical Knots per vertical decimter: 44/43. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 31. Both selvedges replaced: 2 bundles of 2 or 3 warps wrapped in buff weft. Both ends: restored. Woven upside down.

Colored silk and metal thread embroidered on linen

Silk on linen

Yellow silk ground with embroidered decoration

Dark blue silk with "kinran" gold brocade; selected elements made of orange silk with supplementary gold wefts

Silk, woven with complementary wefts, inner warps, and binding warps in plain weave (taqueté)

Silk and gold