Woven silk, satin ground
Warp:
Weft:
Loom length: ends of the loom piece have been marked at one end by [a] on the back can be seen 1 cm of pink weft followed by 4 bands of light blue weft, regularly spaced and at the other end [b] 1 cm of light blue weft. The repeating pattern is based on two main stripes in blue or white both edged with red and green lines.
There are colour variations along the length. From the lower end upwards: There is a narrow weft pattern formed by a three line chequered border of red and blue with a light blue infill line either side of a band carrying across the blue or white warp stripes an indeterminable motif in red. This is followed by a narrow weft pattern band in blue, dark green and black which starts the main decorative stripe pattern.
[1] Blue ground stripe with a meander in red bearing a simple flower in light green with light blue details. After 40.5 cm the green is replaced by light blue and after a further 36 cm the red is replaced with pink this colour combination continues for the rest of the length.
[2] white ground stripe with a similar meander to that described in [1] but the flowers are more dominant: there is a green stem with red flowers and light blue details. After 41 cm the light green details are replaced by dark green; after a further 31 cm the red is largely replaced by pink for another 6 cm after which the red disappears; this colour combination continues for the rest of the length.
Selvedge: one white cotton cord
Very similar to 819-1877 and 893-1877