George Washington, 1865, French, Jacquard woven (warp: silk dyed in beige and black, reeled, no twist/no ply, 102 per cm; weft: silk dyed in black and beige, reeled, no twist/no ply, 48 per cm), H. 11 3/8 x W. 8 1/2 inches (28.9 x 21.6 cm), Textiles-Woven, Silkworms produce irregular and less smooth fibroins at the beginning and the end of fabricating their cocoons. Some weavers discard these silk fibers to control the overall yarn quality. As this textile's warps and wefts are not uniform, it is possible that part of the textile was woven using the irregular fibers
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