Anne Blinks
Textile Study Collection
Catalog of Sprang Group
Cat. # Description Size
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H-1 Hopi Wedding Sash, in progress. with shed 2" X 44"
sticks, center unfinished, interlaced 3/3
cotton string
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R-1 Replica of a Bronze Age Skirt (not-sprang) 100" X 15"
Dark brown handspun wool cardwoven heading
cord
R-2 Sprang textile, dark brown fine handspun wool, 20" X 20"
single ply, interlinked with rows of
S and Z twist
R-3 Sprang bonnet, 2 ply fine brown wool, 11" X 22"
ends gathered on cord, intertwined
R-4 Sprang sample, Single ply handspun brown 14-1/2" X 12"
wool, interlinked, rows of S and Z
twist
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M-1 2 interconnected spranged circular bands, 2" X 30" each
Brown chenille is Mobius shaped, grey
chenile is plain shaped, transposed through
a long shed of the brown band, interlinked
The next four are all continuous warps
M-2 Mobius sprang, olive green 2 ply raw silk, 29" X 35"
interlinked Twisted Tube
M-3 Mobius sprang, red orange wool, springy, 29" X 35"
twice plied, interlinked Twisted Tube
M-4 Mobius sprang, red (cochineal?) handspun 23" twisted tube
wool, fine 2 ply, interlinked
M-5 Mobius sprang, light yellow wool, handspun 27" twisted tube
singles, interlinked
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S-1 Sprang scarf, purple, orange and pink, soft 10" X 81"
yarn (knitting?), two different weights,
interlinked, fringed ends
S-2 Double layered sprang, Purple and red coarse 11" X 19"
wool, intertwined
S-3 Sprang sample, natural white, twice plied 11-l/2 X 10"
wool, interlinked with rows S and Z twist
S-4 Chenille sprang, orange and brown, different 5" X 13"
techniques to create holes, vertical color
bars, etc.
S-5 Double layered sprang, blue and red 3 ply 11" X 29"
linen, interlinked, Z twist, two layers width expands
interconnected, ends not finished to 32"
S-6 Sprang sample, orange silk or rayon 2 ply, 6" X 9"
intertwined
S-7 Sprang sample, handspun natural white singles 2-1/2" X 15"
wool, reverse twists to create diamond
patterns
S-8 Sprang tubular net, two separate but joined 47" X 16"
warps side by side, orange and natural
white handspun singles, overspun, very loose
interlinking, probably displayed with warp
horizontal
S-9 Sprang tubular net, dark indigo cotton string, 50" X 17"
loose interlinking
S-10 Sprang tubular net, natural white raw silk, 8" X 22"
loose interlinking
S-11 Sprang tube, handspun blue, purple, orange 6" X 13"
wool, interlinking
S-12 Sprang belt, black and light blue twice plied 6" X 38"
wool, interlinked, with handmade silver
buckle
S-13 Sprang band, natural brown 2 ply handspun wool 4-8" X 16"
and natural white 2 ply handspun cotton, Continuous Warp
interlinked and intertwined areas; variations
in structure cause variation in width
S-14 Sprang cap, tubular warp natural brown and 22" circum.
white 2 ply handspun wool, interlinked 8" depth
S-15 Sprang narrow band, unfinished, orange and 4" X 22"
dark green, twice plied wool, interlinked (spranged part
only)
S-16 Sprang hanging, two layers, Multiple Fabric 15" X 46"
wool, black and white, interlinked,
originally had wooden hoop in center,
after Collingwood article, 1963.
S-17 Sprang sample, light yellow and olive cotton, 3" X 21"
unfinished, 2 shed sticks holding place
interlacing
S-18 Possibly sprang sample, one half only, orange 3" X 10-1/4"
and yellow jute type fiber, 2 ply,
interlacing
S-19 Sprang band orange, yellow & natural jute type 3" X 68"
fiber, 2 ply, interlacing
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