Asset number
191994001
Description
This banner is completely preserved. A suspension loop is stitched to the top. The front face is sewn with two pieces of samite. Two heading borders are sewn with different fabrics, green damask with lozenges on tabby and purple silk tabby, to which two side streamers in red colour are attached. Three panels made of different fabrics, blue tabby, white tabby and red tabby are sewn together from the top. The three bottom streamers are jointed at the top and bottom, having been cut from a single piece of blue silk, the same as the blue tabby for the top panel. At the bottom is a trapeze weighting board with floral pattern painted on both sides. Weave structures: 1. satin samite Inner warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 28 ends/cm; Binding warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 28 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, red, yellow and blue, 14 passes/cm. Weave structure: 5-ends weft faced compound satin. 2. satin samite Inner warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 40 ends/cm; Binding warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 40 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, orange, white, green, light blue and blue, 16 passes/cm. Weave structure: 5-ends weft faced compound satin. 3. green damask on tabby Warp: silk, untwisted, single, green, 61 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, green, 36 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 tabby as ground and 2-2 weave as pattern. 4. purple silk tabby Warp: silk, untwisted, single, purple , 54 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, purple, 53 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 tabby. 5. satin samite Inner warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 26 ends/cm; Binding warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 26 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, yellow and light blue, 26 passes/cm. Weave structure: 5-ends weft faced compound satin. 6. bule silk tabby Warp: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 57 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 31 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 tabby. 7. white silk tabby Warp: silk, untwisted, single, white, 60 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, white, 56 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 tabby. 8. red silk tabby Warp: silk, untwisted, single, red, 59 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, red, 30 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 tabby. 9. red silk tabby Warp: silk, Z-twisted, single, red, 28 ends/cm; Weft: silk, Z-twisted, single, red, 14 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 tabby. 10. light orange silk tabby Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light orange, 54 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light orange, 42 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 tabby. 11. red silk tabby Warp: silk, untwisted, single, red, 37ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, red, 32 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 tabby. ??????,??????,??????,?????????????,???????????????????,?????????????,???????????;?????????????????,??????????????????;?????,????????,????????,????????,????????????? ????: 1. ?????? ??:??:?,??,????,???,28?/cm;??:?,??,????,??,28?/cm;??:?,??,??????,14?/cm;??:?????????? 2. ?????? ??:??:?,??,????,???,40?/cm;??:?,??,????,???,40?/cm;??:?,??,???????????,16?/cm;??:?????????? 3. ?????? ??:?,??,????,??,61?/cm;??:?,??,????,??,36?/cm;??:1/1?????2-2??????? 4. ??? ??:?,??,????,??,54?/cm;??:?,??,????,??,53?/cm;??:1/1??? 5. ???? ??:??:?,??,????,???,26?/cm;??:?,??,????,???,26?/cm;??:?,??,??????,26?/cm;??:???????? 6. ??? ??:?,??,????,??,57?/cm;??:?,??,????,??,31?/cm;??:1/1??? 7.??? ??:?,??,????,??,60?/cm;??:?,??,????,??,56?/cm;??:1/1??? 8. ??? ??:?,??,????,??,59?/cm;??:?,??,????,??,30?/cm;??:1/1??? 9. ??? ??:??,Z?,????,??,28?/cm;??:??,Z?,????,??,14?/cm;??:1/1??? 10. ????? ??:?,??,????,????,54?/cm;??:?,??,????,????,42?/cm;??:1/1??? 11. ??? ??:?,??,????,??,37?/cm;??:?,??,????,??,32?/cm;??:1/1
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