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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9770582, member: 8267&quot;][USER=10944]@J Dagger[/USER] - could you please post a closeup of the center seam? And the dimensions?</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect it may have been woven on a floor loom using a technique called &quot;double weave&quot;. The weaver is able to produce a cloth twice as wide as their loom by using two sets of warp, one above the other. On one side of the cloth, the two selvage edges are kept separate, while on the other side the shuttle carrying the weft turns the corner and returns on the second set of warp. The join at the edge can be made with each pass of the shuttle or, in the case of your textile, it looks like the weaver did a set number of passes first on the upper warp, then again on the lower warp, alternately passing around the same warp thread at the fold. The pattern created at the center fold is different, and more regular, than if two pieces of cloth are hand sewn together. </p><p><br /></p><p>The technique may provide a clue as to origin - though I can&#039;t remember right now what regions have used this technique. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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