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Cloth Weaving Patterns

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/* Herringbone & Chevron */
* York, Coppergate: 6 cases of herringbone weave wool were found. One fragment was small and may have been from a diamond weave. In five of these the pattern is in the warp rather than in the weft. One was dyed lichen purple and another was dyed with woad. Another fragment had a dark warp and a light weft, which makes the herringbone pattern very visible. [WALTON 1989: p.324]
 
*York, Lloyds Bank: One fragment of 2/1 chevron twill was found, and one of 2/2 chevron twill. [HEDGES 1982: p.106 & 112]
* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C9th - early C12th): Six examples of herringbone weave were found. Two were dyed with lichen purplel, one with woad and one possibly with both lichen and woad. [PRITCHARD 1984:p.53]
*YorkElisenhof, Lloyds BankGermany (8thC): One fragment 2 examples of 2/1 chevron twill was were found, and one both were leg bindings. [HUNDT 1981:p.15]** 4 examples of 2/2 chevrons were found, all were warp chevrons. Only 1 example was non-accidental, the other 3 occuring in the same piece of textile as either herringbone or a diamond twill. In 2 fragments (possibly from the same piece of cloth) the chevron and herringbone alternated forming a kind of striped pattern. In the other fragment there was one strip of chevron at the edge of a diamond twill. [HEDGES 1982HUNDT 1981: p.106 & 11216