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Lost Areas Compensation Technique

Reweaving: Flat Woven Rugs and Tapestries, the Soumak Technique, and Native American Rugs

Appropriate materials are selected and dyed. Then the warp is inserted, and the weft is rewoven according to technique and design of the textile.

Tapestry

After the previous repair removed the new warp inserted. Appropriate yarn dyed. Lost area rewoven according to design.
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Soumak Technique,

Appropriate yarn for weft, warp, and supplementary warp is dyed. New warp inserted and weft woven.

Pile Rugs Reweaving

This method is used to fill the lost section of pile rugs.

The first step is inserting the warp. Then the warp is stretched on a frame. The materials used in the process of reweaving have to match the original material in color and texture. The rows of pile knots alternated with weft(s) that connect to the rewoven section and the original.

Full View Before & After (top) In The Process & Back (bottom)

Cocaution saddle cover

Before (left) After (right)

Front

Re-Embroidery

Before

In The Process (a)

The canvas fabric of the right thread count is attached to the back. Additional threads inserted are raise the surface of the original embriodery.

Looping Technique

Full View After

Papua New Guinea warrior shield holder.

Before.

Linen was dyed and waxed to match the original bast fiber.

In the Process.

Treated yarn was attached to the loose ends. Missing area was filed in looping technique.

Fabric Reweaving

Before

After

The missing threads of the weft was rewoven yarn of appropriate color and texture.

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