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Taken from provided attached documentation: Double weave home furnishings- pillows 8-shaft, 2 block twill Pattern name: turned-fringe warp 1: linen 12/2, green, blue warp 2: wool, Persian rug, blue-gray, blue weft 1: linen, 12/2, green, blue weft 2: wool, Persian rug, blue-gray, blue PPI: to Square Woven Label: handwoven by Ruth N. Holroyd. Documentation:Worksheet states: warp of Ederlin by Butterworth of Garden green and sky blue, Persian rug wool of blue-gray and Wedgewood blue. Reference: Cincinnati Weaver’s Guils traveling exhibit on doubleweave, guided by Jeanette McMillan. Wool floats, if cut, would fringe the squares. Left uncut and untrimmed for teaching purposes. See worksheet for draft. Photograph of object used in Cincinati Exhibit in Double Weave Collection, the traveling exhibit was photographed by Terlouw and Holroyd for HGA (Handweaver’s Guild of America) later used extensively in Ruth’s classes and workshops, with appropiate credit

Spring 1970

Object Name:
Pillow, double weave