A FINE CREEK YARN AND BEADED SASH

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A FINE CREEK YARN AND BEADED SASH
Finger woven in red and blue yarn, interwoven with white glass pony beads in patterns of chevrons, diagonals and linked diamonds, the twisted yarn extended to form a series of long ties at each end, edged in similar beadwork, tassels at the end of each tie
163in. (414cm.) long

Lot Essay

For a similar example see Penney, 1992, p. 79.

This sash was "woven by a loomless technique that resembles braiding. Its proper name is 'oblique interlace'," (Penney, 1992, p. 74).

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