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  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), ca. 1949

    Handwoven partition material of open-weave plaid in natural tones with solid and open-weave areas. The bleached and unbleached hemp-like warps alternate with very finely plied cotton threads of brown, yellow…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Hand-woven sample in a checkerboard of tan and silver rectangles. The warp is of white cotton, used in pairs. One weft set is aluminum strips and the other tan paper…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with a subtle horizontal stripe of black and white mixed yarns. The warp is of off-white silk; the weft alternates two sheds of off-white plied silk yarns with…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with vertical bands of tweed textures. The warp is of burgundy, bright pink, light pink, and light gray-green yarns; the weft of heavy dark brown hemp.

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with a black and white horizontal stripe. The warp is of off-white cotton; the weft alternates three black yarns with one off-white rayon yarn. Narrow band top and…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with narrow horizontal stripes in natural colors. The warp is of undyed cotton, the weft of heavy white silk and unbleached linen.

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample for fabric with a color-and weave effect. Bright red-orange fine cotton warp. The weft alternates one thin green silk yarn with a paired weft of off-white cotton bouclé…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample for plain-weave cloth with white silk warp and weft of undyed wool. The wool is hand-spun with great variation in thickness, giving a “slubbed” quality to the fabric.…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Horizontal stripe of pink and black. The warp is of heavy black linen; the weft is of heavy pink linen. The stripe is created by an alternating warp twill and…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with broad vertical stripes of tan and off-white. Warp is of grouped dark tan or off-white linen threads. Weft is of a hand-spun off-white cotton bouclé yarn with…

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