France or Italy possibly for the Portuguese market

Fragment

c. 1707/08
Silk, and silvered- and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary patterning wefts, and self-patterned by areas of plain weave; b: right selvage present
64.1 × 42.8 cm (25.2 × 16.9 in)

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