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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

sewn to another slightly finer. Lining of L.C. v. 06. a.
Dull grey-brown. Very rotten and torn. C. 1' 6" sq.

L.C. v. 07. Fr. of woollen tapestry border, consisting
of two bands of plain colour, crimson and black (faded).
Edges torn and unravelled. 9" × 1⅛".

L.C. v. 08. Portion of hemp or hair (?) string trace,
with loop at end. Composed of four twisted cords placed
side by side and sewn together, leaving loop between centre
pair. Remains of covering of fine wool which was prob.
padding and covered with fabric. Perished. 14" × 1⅝" ×
½". Pl. XXVI.

L.C. v. 09. Fr. of woollen tapestry border, prob. part
of body-band. On red ground, eight-petalled flower, centre
buff, alternate petals resp. blue and yellow arranged in
square plan. L. a lily-like flower in profile with three
yellow petals and two alternating, brown ; two outward
recurved blue stems with buff tips issue from lower side.
To L. probably similar flower, modified. At extreme
L. a bird (buff) with uplifted wings.
On each side of red band a band shading from blue to
buff. Above, a band of groups of four buff squares placed
lozenge-wise, with pairs of red and green curved petals
diverging R. and L. On one side a further band of buff,
beyond which again traces of purple.
All very stylized and of same type as L.C. v. 06. a
(Pl. XXXI). Colours well preserved. 8" × 4½". Very fragile.

L.C. v. 010. Fr. of woollen 'box-cloth', as L.C. ii. 01,
and same colour. Well preserved. 2⅝" × 1⅞".

L.C. v. 011. Fr. of woollen repp fabric, as L.C. ii. 05.
Warp, a perfectly made buff thread of fine glossy fibre,
very tough. Weft, a fine pale green wool. Tough, but
ragged and discoloured. c. 6" sq.

L.C. v. 012. Fr. of plain silk, buff, fine weave, very
ragged. 8" × 6".

L.C. v. 013. Silk-covered felt-pad, suggesting a badge.
Made of 'vesica'-shaped fr. of fine felt, covered on obv.
with fr. of finely corded crimson silk cut from larger piece
of embroidery, and showing parts of lines and spirals in
yellow and blue chain stitch. Back covered with plain
buff finely corded silk. Edge bound with brown silk
lozenge pattern damask, with lozenge-shaped piece over
lower point.
Narrow blue ribbon for hanging attached to top point.
Very neat work. Fair preservation. 'Badge' 1⅞" × 2½",
ribbon 3⅛" × 1⅛". Pl. XLV.

L.C. v. 014. Fr. of figured silk. Pattern of 'stepped'
scrolls, indistinct in blue, buff and red. Torn, faded and
brittle. 6" × 1½".

L.C. v. 015. Mass of silk frs., very ragged and brittle ;
plain silks, buff, green, crimson, &c., much faded, and
two pieces of tapestry cloth with indeterminate and unim-
portant fr. of pattern. Buff fr. 1' 3" × 10".

L.C. v. 016. Fr. of cotton fabric, coarse plain weave,
fine crimson. Well preserved but ragged. 1' 8" × 11".

L.C. v. 017. Two frs. of figured silk, in bronze and
dark green. Pattern : rows of rectang. billets, alternating
with rows of varying patterns, e. g. meander, concentric
circles and dots, a sort of dumb-bell, chevron, and so on.
Cf. fr. in bundle L.C. ii. 05. a, and Ser. iv. Pl. LV, T. xv.
a. 002. a. Colour good. Fabric brittle. 4" × 1⅝" (washed),
and 6⅛" × 1⅛". Pl. XLII.

L.C. v. 018. Cuff (?) of woollen repp, crimson, edged
with green silk, lined with felt, and patched with finer
brown repp. Sand-encrusted. Length 6½", diam. of
mouth 6".

L.C. v. 019. Strip of woollen tapestry, in dark blue,
red, yellow, and green ; both edges torn.
Along centre, a band of transverse bars alternately
blue and red. On either side a band of yellow, shading
to green and blue. Outside one of these a band of small
chequer, blue and red ; outside the other a plain line of
red and a broader band of blue. Finely and evenly woven.
Rather brittle and discoloured. 9" × 1⅛". Pl. XXXI.

L.C. v. 020. Frs. of plain felt and silk waste. Gr. M. 3½".

L.C. v. 021. Fr. of buff felt, in two pieces, with four-
petalled flower of thin blue felt, appliqué, secured by
stitching. Rather perished. 3½" × 3½", flower 2" × 2".

L.C. v. 022. Scrap of thick gauze-like silk (?) fabric ;
blue, woven in lines of solid and open-work, each about
1⁄16" wide. Fragile. 1⅞" × 1". Pl. XXXVI.

L.C. v. 023. Scrap of figured silk, similar to L.C. v.
027. b (Pl. XLII). Fragile, much faded. c. 3" × 2".

L.C. v. 024. Mass of woollen and cotton fabric frs. ;
coarse, plain weave ; red, dark brown, and buff ; one fr.
red in herring-bone weave. Gr. fr. 13" × 11⅛".

L.C. v. 025. Three frs. of woollen repp fabric, red and
buff, with flannel-like surface. Cf. L.C. ii. 016, &c. Ragged
and perished. Gr. fr. c. 7½" × 6".

L.C. v. 026. Fr. of woollen damask ; same weave and
pattern as L.C. v. 02. b, but light brown. Fair condition.
7" × 5".

L.C. v. 027. a. Three frs. of figured silk, with pattern
in greenish buff, and buff on a grey-blue ground. The
surface is divided into lozenge shapes by lines crossing in
opposite directions at about 60°.
At the crossings are rosettes, and in each space a pair
of rams with heads and forelegs meeting and bodies
curved backward and upward, the hind legs approaching
in upper angle of lozenge, where a small leaf occurs between
them.
The pattern is reversed (turned over) in the adjoining
spaces above and below ; cf. L.C. v. 027. b. Very ragged
and brittle. 6" × 2½" ; 9½" × 2" ; 8½" × 2". Pl. XLIII.

L.C. v. 027. b. Seven frs. of figured silk. Pattern in
buff on blue-grey with same motif as L.C. v. 027. a ; but
the grotesque animals have deteriorated into a sort of