Catalog of "Collapsed" Textiles Group
Measurements are of collapsed sizes, not stretched out.
Cat # Description Size
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Catalog #'s 1-7 are woven by Mary Frame, who was inspired by Anne's
experiments and has pursued the collapse technique in her research.
1 Shawl, white mohair stripes of mixed Z handspun and 18" x 106"
very fine S plied silk(?), thin black looped
mohair stripes in warp and a few in weft, very fine
white mohair(?) S plied weft
2 Sample, white Z handspun singles mohair with fine 11" x 112"
brown S plied warp stripes; very fine S plied silk
or synthetic weft; one fringe end, one cut end
3 Sample, knitted, white mohair singles, bands of S and 4" x 4"
Z spun, causing strong tilt left & right; final band
is two extremely fine strands of single ply thread
4 Sample, white mohair S singles juxtaposed with thin 12" x 13"
overtwisted Z plied wool warps; weft is Z singles,
upper half weft beaten looser than lower half
5 Scarf, white mohair singles, Z spun 7" x 54"
6 Sample, mohair stripes of beige Z handspun, thin 13" x 25"
S plied, and black looped 2-ply handspun; weft
is thin S plied beige wool
7 Sample, white mohair, lower half warp only 9" x 10"
overspun, upper half, both warp and weft
overspun; more exagerated than #4
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The following are Anne's samples, working out the "Ace Bandage", a Peruvian
elastic crepe piece she found in the De Young Museum in the early 60's.
8 Sample, merino wool singles, tabby weave, left half 10" x 52"
Z warp and weft, right half S warp and Z weft; more
"creped" in left half, showing "hen tracks"
9 "Ace bandage" copy, white alpaca singles, S & Z 9" x 36"
alternating warps, Z wefts, all overspun 3 times
10 2 Samples, merino wool, Peruvian crepe
a washed 4.5" x 6"
b not washed 4.5" x 9"
11 3 samples, alpaca, Peruvian elastic crepe
a Z warp and weft, tag attached with note "not
overspun enough" 6.5" x 5.5"
b S & Z alternating warps, Z wefts, 3 cut edges 3.25 x 5"
c Other half of "b" (?), same as "b" 3.25 x 5"
Card attached to "b", in Anne's handwriting
describing it
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