Cat. # Description Size
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The cataloger found something of interest in each of these otherwise unrelated
pieces.
HH-IW-1 Piece of cut fabric, both warp and weft: alternating 16" X 31"
pale blue rayon ribbon and two fine 2-ply slub
rayon threads.
HH-IW-2 Sample, warp: fine, stiff, cream synthetic; weft 2-ply 8.5" X 16"
and unspun rayon(?), fine flat metallic thread in first,
unspun rayon and metallic tape in upper in tabbey;
3/2 Weft half.
HH-IW-3 Fabric scrap, handspun brown wool warp, brown and white 7" X 15"
handspun wefts, some of the white wefts float over
two, under two, in pattern sequences with tabby.
HH-IW-4 Upholstery fabric triangular cut swatch, double weave, 10" X 11"
checker-board type pattern, warps: fine 2-ply cotton
in rust and bronze green; wefts: thicker 2-ply white
cotton and fine 2-ply lime cotton (same type as warp).
HH-IW-5A Color and Weave sample, warp and weft are bleached white 7.25" X 6"
and natural grey linens, very slubby
5B Color and Weave sample, same warps and wefts as 5A 7.25" X 7"
adding copper metalic threads in both.
HH-IW-6 Textured yarns sample with areas of weft loops, 6.5" X 7.5"
linen warps: fine grey 2-ply, 2-ply medium weight yellow,
single-ply thicker yellow green and moss green; linen
weft: fine natural grey 2-ply linen, over-twisted (same
as that of the warp). Pattern is vertical rows of loops.
HH-IW-7 Textured yarns sample with areas of weft loops. 6.5" X 9"
Same warps and wefts as IW-6. Pattern is blocks of
loops.
HH-IW-8 Textured yarns sample with areas of weft loops. 6.5" X 10.5"
Same warps and wefts as IW-6. Pattern is horizontal
blocks of loops.
HH-IW-9 Plain and Basket weaves sample, singles rust linen warp 17" X 16.5"
in 2 sizes, thin in plain weave area, thick in basket
weave area; weft is two types: natural linen same size
as thin rust linen warp for about 3 inches; then
a plied cream colored linen, slightly finer for
remaining 13 + inches.
HH-IW-10 Upholstery fabric, rust vegetal warp; gold synthetic 24" X 28"
weft; pattern of basically tabby, with wefts doubled
seemingly randomly, at the beginning of vertical
columns of weft floats over 3 warps.
HH-IW-11 Theo Moorman technique sample, ground weave: plied 12" X 13"
white cotton and finer brown linen warps, very fine
natural grey linen singles wefts; pattern weft:
thicker singles linen in cream, moss green and brown.
HH-IW-12 Theo Moorman technique sample, same warp for ground 12" X 12"
weave as IW-11; pattern weft: thicker singles linen
in yellow and moss green.
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