Fragments, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: damassé (8-harness satin and plain weave (doubled warps and wefts) plus discontinuous supplementary weft floats, Vertically-striped arrangement of small simplified architectural vignettes with oversized foliage alternates with vertical stacked columnar scrolls with simple flower motifs. Metallic floral forms are superimposed on yellow-green damaseé-patterned background., Europe, late 17th century, woven textiles, Fragments

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