A long, narrow piece of silk strip weaving. The patterning is made up of three types of tabby weaving. There are sections of warp faced weaving with two dark red stripes and one orange and one green stripe. There are areas of weft faced bands, worked in the same colours, with the addition of black, and there are step-shaped patterns, executed in weft faced tabby (tapestry weave). This weaving is done using a double-heddle loom.
textile; sample (textileworking: weaving)
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