Crawford, M. D. C. (Morris De Camp), 1882-1949 · New York : Published by order of The Trustees [of the American Museum of Natural History] · leaf 32
d. Apparently the wefts were locked at the selvage into themain part of the shawl. The specimens are so tender as to make this avery dehcate matter to be certain of without injuring valuable exhibitionpieces. The peculiar way in which the decorative yarn is laced a full turnabout pairs of the warp… … Fig. 14. Diagram of the Technique of Embroidered lea Shawl showing manner inwhich Weft is locked around pairs of either Warp or Weft, according to the direction requiredby the design. occurs, the embroidery weft has been laced about pairs of warp instead ofweft. The looseness of the basic fabric…
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