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Hearst Museum object titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23822, described as saddle bag. A strip of complementary warp patterning, warp-faced - two pieces sewn together. colors: rust background, with navy blue, moss green and a little white. A strong resemblance to two Syrian pieces already in the Hilden collection, #s 115, 116, which I bought in Aleppo. sheep wool rust colored weft. S-ply possibly natural dyes. 23 EPI, ends hemmed crudely. Some edges torn, unraveling parts of seam which Hilden repaired.
Hearst Museum object titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23793, described as Saddle bag with plain weave on back, with stripes and checks in black, brown, and white. Two pieces sewn together with crossover stitch. Front solidly weft-twined except for 1/2" between each of the three bands of twining, which are 4.5", 6.5", and 12" (center) wide each. The two pieces are faggotted together tightly in many colors. Patterns in twining based on triangles, in typical Jordanian, northern Arabian style, with the same dark colors. Dark and light blue, maroon, black, and white were used. S-ply. Possibly natural dyes, possibly Burnoog. Plain weave and weft twining. 11 EPI. Top edge tightly embroidered in thras technique, but not exactly as Saudis usually do. Top edge is smooth, with no extra stitches. Sides tightly chevron stitched.
Hearst Museum object titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23768, described as Women's saddle bag, khurj. Predominant features of the bag are black, white, and beige plain weave background and dark blue and red tassels and weft twining. Well made, with closing loops, gafiloon, at top. Plain weave portion has stripes of black and white checks. Weft twined portions are in 3 bands: 1.5" at top, 5" in middle, 4.5" at bottom. From each weft twined bands are twined tassels hung 1"-2" apart in red and dark blue. Back is plain. Original colors: maroon, red, dark blue, dark green, a little orange. Red has faded to pink; other colors okay. Twined patterns in triangles, some in two-steps. Gafiloon at top edge, as well as "thras." Sides embroidered in chevron stitch. Tassels with weft-twined stems a special feature of the bag. Plain weave, weft twining, 15 EPI. Commercial dye used. S-ply.
Hearst Museum object titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23735, described as Donkey saddle bag. Tightly woven, neat work in typical Jordanian style. Plain weave in dark green, maroon, and black with white skip-stripe. Weft-twined decorative flap 5" wide on each bag, with 10" weft-twined bands. Flap appears to be sewn on and has goat hair warp. 3 goat hair tassels sewn on bottom of each bag. Loose threads edging used to sew bottoms, sides, and tops of bags. Yarn used for it shines likes a synthetic. S-ply. Warp-faced plain weave, weft twining. 14 EPI thread count per inch.
Hearst Museum object titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23823, described as Egyptian man's saddlebag.
Hearst Museum object titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23788, described as Sturdy saddle bag, khurj with thick yarns. Distinguished by leather binding and flap with closing loops, most of which have worn off. All patterns in 'weirjan (3 bands) and mithkar (1 band). One leather flap is 2.5" wide, the other 5" wide, since it folds over from back to front. 2 strips whip-stitched together on one side, V-embroidered on other side. Colors: red, orange, black, and white. Z-ply, 9 EPI. Warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterns. Unknown what type of dye used. Upper closing edges embroidered with binding stitch over cotton print strips. Leather closing sewn on with strips of leather 5/8" wide. Top edge is whip-stitched. Bottom edge handsomely stitched over a strip of darker leather, which is in turn over a piece of maroon cloth, barely visible. Loops were of plied 5/8" wide leather, sewn through the cloth and emerging through holes in leather on right side. Flap edges also stitched as top edge is, stitches used in a decorative way.
Hearst Museum object titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23786, described as saddle bag, khurj with plain weave, predominantly red and orange, with white, black, and thin stripes of blue and green, faded on the outside. Patterns are horizontal stripes in black and white, and tooth patterns in orange. Two strips sewn together. Mostly Z-ply with some S-ply. Warp-faced plain weave, 9 EPI. Center seam and sides simply whip-stitched. Top also, except for 1/4, which has a double row of weft twining to hold the warp ends. Natural dyes could have been used.

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