The thin or wide stripes in each shade of blue and yellow make up the letters, themselves drawing the words separated between them by the thin white stripes.
L I B R E S (« FREE« )
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E T (« AND« )
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E G A U X (« EQUAL« )
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The width of the fabric encodes the phrase « Êtres humains libres et égaux » (« Rree and equal human beings« ) and the length encodes the entirety of Article 1.
The fabric was woven from recycled wool yarn using an innovative process from a French Living Heritage mill, Filature du Parc in Brassac, in the south of France.