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Carter No.: 100f

Handlist description: Linen belt

Card/Transcription No.: 100f


100 Cont.

(f) Linen belt

<> 0 7 13.5 63.5 12 8 138 189 195.5 204 Length of actual tassel 1.5.

The wide part of the belt came at the small of the back. It was brought round waist & caught or tied in front, so that two streamers hung down either side. Centre panel was tapestry woven in colours: in middle a square containing inscription? Patterns outlined with white thread. The edges of the centre panel were bound with strips of cloth, .3 wide, over & under, sewn on. Just inside this a straight inwoven band of blue .3 wide. Streamers were of red cloth, with the same blue bands near either edges. Tapestry woven squares at ends of streamers containing ? Treatment. Sprayed with solution of celluloid in acetone.

Card no. 100f relating to Carter no. 100f
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