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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4598696, member: 8267&quot;]I am not familiar with this particular type of textile, and don&#039;t have time to do more research at the moment, but I think you have identified their origin correctly, [USER=59977]@Born2it[/USER]. Nice finds, [USER=76236]@baltojoe75[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>They do appear to be handwoven, with hand spun yarns. I can&#039;t say anything about the age of these two examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plaid textiles have a surprisingly long history. They have been recovered from very ancient sites, both in Europe and Central Asia, and seem to be associated with early Celtic cultures that spread out from central Europe both to the east and west.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.geometricae.com/2019/10/31/qizilchoqa-tartan-tissue-anonymous/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.geometricae.com/2019/10/31/qizilchoqa-tartan-tissue-anonymous/" rel="nofollow">http://www.geometricae.com/2019/10/31/qizilchoqa-tartan-tissue-anonymous/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan/the-birth-of-tartan/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan/the-birth-of-tartan/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan/the-birth-of-tartan/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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