Okay...the left of the frame is the original cloth. The right is the washed/shrunk stuff. The color change? Did I not mention the dye?

Over 54 inches the shrinkage was about 4", or less than 10%.
A remarkable difference in the hand, though.
'A damned ill-conditioned sort of an ape. It had a can of ale at every pot-house on the road, and is reeling drunk. "
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