Girdle woven by Grace Crowfoot. Label: "Sample made self to demonstrate Sudanese Double Weave"
20th century
Textile Research Centre, Leiden. Crowfoot collection (nb 004). Inventory number 2018.1979.
74x6
Band weaving.
Side A: blue and white triangles, with brown stripes (4 in the middle and 2 larger as frame borders). Side B: floating wefts with inversed triangle decor in white and blue.
- wool
- 2sZ
- white
- 1.5 thread/cm
- wool and cotton
- 2sZ and 2zS
- white, brown (wool) and blue (cotton)
- 3 picks/cm
Starting border (5 cm). Fringes ca. 17 long, plaited and knotted.
Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak in May 2018.
Complete description at http://trc-leiden.nl/collection/?trc=&zoek=2018.1979&cat=&subcat=&g=&s=24&f=0&id=31566
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