National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

' latch-hook ' in brown on yellow occurs in one, as in L.C.
i. 08. No back pile. Colours good. 1′×5¼″. Pl. XLIV.

L.C. ii. 09. b. Two frs. of woollen pile carpet.
Structure as in L.C. ii. 014. Colours blue, red, and yellow.
Blue bands about 1″ wide are arranged in zigzag lines
which make lozenge shapes. These shapes are dotted
with red, yellow and blue, the blue arranged in nine dots
as a St. Andrew's cross in the centre. No pile on back.
Much worn. 9″×9″. Pl. XLIV.

L.C. ii. 010. Two frs. of hemp-string matting. Weave
as in Ser. iv. Pl. XLVIII, T. xiv. 004. b. Well made.
Gr. fr. 6″×3″.

L.C. ii. 011. Two frs. of silk girdle or band, made
partly of strip of strongly woven braid with blue lines
running in waved diagonals across it, and partly of figured
silk yellow and green ; pattern indistinguishable.
Edges cleverly worked with cord, and whole sewn on
foundation of dark brown woollen fabric and felt. Fabric
flush with edge on one side (which is oversewn) ; seems
to have continued below band on other.
Band shaped to rounded point at one part ; perhaps
binding of opening of shoe ; cf. L.A. iv. v. 01. Brittle
and discoloured. Length 1′ 5″, width ¾″.

L.C. ii. 012. Fr. of wood, resembling piece of scabbard.
Slightly thinned for about ¾″ at one end, giving check
perhaps for metal mount.
Surface covered with faint pattern in diagonal lines,
dots, and scrolls, such as could have been caused by
incising pattern on thin metal covering the wood. Sticking
to lower end a piece of ragged brown silk. Length of
wood 5″, width 1″, thickness c. ¼″. Pl. XXVI.

L.C. ii. 013. Frs. of silk. One of fine corded weave,
buff and blue ; sewn to piece of loose woolly felt, prob.
silk waste. Length 3″.

L.C. ii. 014. Fr. of woollen pile carpet. Warp prob.
hemp, weft brown wool. Pile c. ¾″ long, in red, yellow and
blue. Five shoots of weft between pile. End edge
strengthened by plain woven strip turned under and sewn.
For a width of 1¾″ along side edge, a pile is also worked
on the back ; cf. Ser. i. p. 438 ; iv. Pl. XXXVII, L.A.
vi. ii. 0046.
Ground, yellow ; border spotted with green ; on field,
traces of pattern in red, too small to show character of
design. Rotten, but colours fairly preserved. 5¼″×5″.

L.C. ii. 015. Strip of leather, white, split into two
thongs nearly full length. Thongs doubled over each
other and held together at cut end by an eyelet of leather.
Whole seems to have been again doubled end to end, and
used as loop. Attached is twist of rough grass. Brittle.
Length of thongs c. 9″, width as doubled ¾″.

L.C. ii. 016. Fr. of woollen fabric, as L.C. i. 01, in
colour, weave, and texture. Stout buff silk warp, and
surface very like velvet, seeming to have been ' teased '
up and felted. Sewn in various directions and inwoven
in one place with band of dark purple weft in place of
crimson. One seam gathered slightly.

Lining or stiffening of coarse buff cotton cloth. Very
ragged and sand-laden. 11″×8″.

L.C. ii. 017. Fr. of woollen pile carpet ; pile red, pink,
yellow, purple-brown, and pale blue on buff woollen (?)
ground. Coarse make. Weft is laid across in bundles of
about five strands at a time and warp is widely spaced ;
fabric is therefore very loose. Very ragged. Pattern
indistinguishable. 4″×2¼″. Pl. XLIV.

L.C. iii. 01. Fr. of figured silk, similar to L.C. i. 09 and
iii. 011 ; selvedge at one edge. Top and bottom edges
cut and sewn ; fourth edge torn. Colours well preserved.
6¼″×3¾″. Pl. XXXIV.

L.C. iii. 02. Fr. of figured silk ; warp-rib weave.
Pattern : non-continuous tree-coral cloud scroll in rich
blue ; two tones of buff and green on rich dark bronze
ground.
Fr. is narrow strip the vertical way of cloth, and shows
two elements and part of another repeated in vertical
direction. Largest, cloud in scaphoid form, the two
ends rising and curling over towards each other carrying
spiral nodes and branches, one end having a vague resem-
blance to animal head. From outer side of curved
' neck ' thin buff line scrolls downward and outward.
Between the repeats of this element is a smaller spiral
scroll with spiral nodes and stiff horizontal offshoots to
R. and a freer one to L. ; both noded, and having very
remote resemblance to bird at right angles to line of
' animals '. No true animals or Chinese chars.
Scrolls have half their thickness blue which branches
into the nodes, and half buff. Outlines light buff and
blue. 10″×2¼″. Cleaned. Pl. XXXIV.

L.C. iii. 03. Wooden box cover, elongated ellipse, rab-
beted round edge of under-side to fit side of box. Upper
surface convex, decorated with ¾″ band of black round
edge, and a thin line, incised and darkened, within.
Elliptical panel so formed contains incised outline device
in black composed of a sort of nebuly, which runs up on
one side and down the other in a continuous line, the
bends of the ascending side opposing those of the descend-
ing, and the space enclosed between furnished with slightly
incised and blackened dots. Device may represent a tree,
but is not convincing.
Near centres of long sides are two small holes, in one
of which is wooden peg. Evidently for nails to steady
or secure lid in position. Roughly made. Good condition.
Length 6¾″, width 3¾″, thickness in middle 7⁄16″. Pl. XXIX.

L.C. iii. 04. a. Fr. of figured silk in many pieces ;
warp-rib weave. Dark blue ground ; pattern same as
L.C. 08 (Pl. XXXIV). Portions of fine felt padding and
lining of fine plain silk discoloured to dark brownish
yellow. Warp perished. Sizes from 2¾″×2¾″ (largest).
Colour good in places.

L.C. iii. 04. b. Fr. of body-band of figured silk ; warp-
rib weave. On blue ground a network of yellow with
lozenge mesh about 7⁄16″×7⁄16″, and rectang. spots at
crossings. In lozenge six yellow dots encircling central
dot. In rectang. spot a blue dot. Remains of lining of