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Clothing Decoration

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Clothing in the Viking Age could be decorated in a number of ways:
 
==Facings==
''An applied strip of cloth in a differnt colour attached at the neck, cuffs and around the hem of the skirt''.<br>
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==Embroidery==
''Applied to facings or directly onto the cloth. Roundles are popular.''<br>
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==Braid==
''Decorative braids are sometimes applied along seams''<br>
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==Tablet Weave==
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==Silk Ribbons==
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==Possaments==
Only found in Eastern Viking contexts.<br>
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