Editing Sutton Hoo (section)

=== Textiles ===

The burial chamber was evidently rich in textiles, represented by many fragments preserved, or by chemicals formed by [[corrosion]].<ref>See E. Crowfoot in Bruce-Mitford 1983 (II), 409–479.</ref> They included quantities of [[twill]], possibly from [[cloaks]], blankets or hangings, and the remains of cloaks with characteristic long-pile weaving. There appear to have been more exotic coloured hangings or spreads, including some (possibly imported) woven in stepped lozenge patterns using a Syrian technique in which the [[weft]] is looped around the [[warp (weaving)|warp]] to create a textured surface. Two other colour-patterned textiles, near the head and foot of the body area, resemble Scandinavian work of the same period.