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<p>[QUOTE="Not Sure What This Is, post: 4312070, member: 19814"]I had forgotten that I knew someone who is quite expert in Mexican and Central American textiles, having dealt in them for 40 years. She told me that it is absolutely a Mexican serape. She addressed the issue of the black warp in this way: standardization is never guaranteed in Mexican textiles. They would use whatever materials that were available and, of course, this would be mitigated by whether it was made for personal use or for commercial sale. She also stated that serapes were not something that were generally copied elsewhere and if they are copying them now, they would not use pure wool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Not Sure What This Is, post: 4312070, member: 19814"]I had forgotten that I knew someone who is quite expert in Mexican and Central American textiles, having dealt in them for 40 years. She told me that it is absolutely a Mexican serape. She addressed the issue of the black warp in this way: standardization is never guaranteed in Mexican textiles. They would use whatever materials that were available and, of course, this would be mitigated by whether it was made for personal use or for commercial sale. She also stated that serapes were not something that were generally copied elsewhere and if they are copying them now, they would not use pure wool.[/QUOTE]
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