Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: damassé (8-harness satin plus plain weave) with floats of continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound on the front in 1\3 twill; the continous supplementary weft is used only to reinforce the gold thread, Diagonal branches with an exotic bird and blossoms., Europe, 1695–1700, woven textiles, Fragment

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