Europeana Fashion — National Museum of World Cultures Foundation
Cloth
1940
Base fabric: linen weave of hand-spun white cotton. Additional weft (red and blue factory cotton): lancé fabric with longer and shorter flutterings and weft pattern fabric. Warp threads (cut on one side) form simple fringes. The cloth is decorated with three broad bands composed of narrower stripes, alternately decorated with a pattern of geometric motifs based on diamonds and X shapes. Main colour is red.
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