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hand-loomed

British  

adjective

  1. (of a garment) made on a hand loom

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Shadrack Yao Agboli, a fugu weaver who also works with the National Commission on Culture, has a home workshop where long bands of hand-loomed fabric hang to dry in the afternoon sun.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

With the exception of some rudimentary re-creations, what’s visual in “The American Revolution” had to be conjured out of whole, hand-loomed cloth.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

Dress up your table with these distinctive hand-loomed ikat double-sided napkins by Gregory Parkinson.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 2021

For example, the original material on the four Louis XIV throne chairs was hand-loomed Genovese velvet.

From New York Times Oct. 26, 2018

Keen on preserving her Nigerian identity and eager to propagate facets of Nigerian culture, she conceived the idea of lining high-quality leather bags with Aso-oke fabric, a hand-loomed cloth woven by Nigeria’s Yoruba people.

From Forbes Aug. 8, 2014

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