15 identical rectangular samples of woven textile with a single selvedge at the narrow end. Seemingly from a large piece of cloth with a weft faced tabby woven yellow and blue striped centre field. The border has a predominantly red ground. Contained within it are two broad stripes consisting of two silk lattice patterned stripes with a green stripe dividing them. The patterning is achieved using supplementary warp.
sample (textileworking: weaving); textile
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