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Blanket fragment – Natural white wool, plain weave, two selvedges. Note irregularities, more than one weaver, different beat, different pull in. Warp is creamy wool singles, weft is white wool. Woven with different sized wefts, notice the different size wefts create irregular tracking and seersuckering (buckeling), appears to be handspun.

19th century

Object Name:
Fragment, woven
Subject:
Natural Fiber – Wool (Udf1)
Woven – Plain Weave (Udf3)
Natural color (Udf5)
Natural Fiber – Wool (Udf7)