One Finger of Mme. Illemanen's Gloves

Voided velvet with metallic yarns and damask

Textile fibers

Textile fibers

Fiber

Silk gauze with needlepoint decoration

Fiber

Textile fibers

Jute, cellophane, twisted paper, plain weave, alternating warp

Warps: 2 Z spun S plied undyed white wool. Wefts: 1 Z spun red wool yarn; 2-5 yarns per weft shot, usually 3, with a 2 parallel + 1 format. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: red, purple, freckled indigo, blue-green abrashed to green, bright yellow, black, white, and apricot. Knots: symmetrical; 34 knots per vertical decimeter; 30 knots per horizontal decimeter; 1020 knots per square decimeter. Right selvedge: 5 bundles of 2 warps each, wrapped with wefts. Left selvedge: 6 bundles of 2 warps each, wrapped with wefts. Top end: 2.5 cm. of red tapestry weave, stripped. Bottom end: 1-1.5 cm. of red tapestry weave, stripped.

Wool and linen, tapestry weave

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