Fragment, Medium: silk, metallics Technique: compound fancy twill with supplementary weft, Pale blue-gray silk with closely spaced allover pattern of small conventionalized floral motifs in silver and gold. Extra weft of flat strips of silver appears on surface. Minute blossoms in gold, powdered over ground., Italy, 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

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