Fragment, Medium: silk, silver foil, silk core wrapped with silver foil Technique: compound twill, supplementary weft, Gold-colored silk ground with extra weft of flat silver strips. Symmetrical design of swinging acanthus branches enclosing palmettes which are brocaded in silver thread. White silk extra weft appears in acanthus foliage areas., Italy, 16th century, woven textiles, Fragment

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