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.