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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10307251, member: 8267&quot;]A beautiful piece. It is not a type I have studied before, so I had to do a bit of poking around on the net, as you have done as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>The basic technique used in these Jalq&#039;a textiles would be described as a &quot;warp faced&quot; fabric, meaning that the surface you see is created by the threads that were stretched on the loom, while the horizontal weft threads remain hidden. The design itself is created with a &quot;complementary warp&quot; technique. The loom was set up with 2 sets of warps, one black and one pink (with some natural brown warps at the selvage edges). As the weaver passes the weft across the fabric she picks up individual warp threads of the color needed to create the design, and draws the weft behind them. It is a very detailed and time consuming method of weaving. Because the warp threads are used alternately, the color of the design should be reversed on the back of the textile.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t say that mechanizing this type of structure and design would be impossible, but I think it would require elaborate computerized control of each individual warp on some version of a jacquard loom. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think that is the case here - meaning I am pretty sure your textile is handwoven. I imagine it dates to the period of the revival of the Jalq&#039;a tradition fostered by Veronica Cereceda beginning in the 1980s. What are the dimensions of your piece?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]517681[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://bolivianthoughts.com/2018/07/24/the-dying-art-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-weaving-bolivia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bolivianthoughts.com/2018/07/24/the-dying-art-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-weaving-bolivia/" rel="nofollow">https://bolivianthoughts.com/2018/07/24/the-dying-art-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-weaving-bolivia/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]517683[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2173&amp;context=tsaconf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2173&amp;context=tsaconf" rel="nofollow">https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2173&amp;context=tsaconf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]517684[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://andeantextilearts.org/jalqa-weaving-behind-the-scenes-of-our-2024-auction/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://andeantextilearts.org/jalqa-weaving-behind-the-scenes-of-our-2024-auction/" rel="nofollow">https://andeantextilearts.org/jalqa-weaving-behind-the-scenes-of-our-2024-auction/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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