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This spoonbag, which almost certainly
dates from the 18th century and perhaps
earlier, has glossy wool and several
beautiful and unusual colors including
a peacock blue and a purple-tinted red. Even more rarely
observed, almost the entire field of the spoonbag is woven in offset
knotting. The delicacy of the border and the weaving in the field,
together with the weaver’s decision to include only a single column
of birds’ heads, combine to create a spaciousness surprising in so
small a weaving.
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