Italy

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Silk, plain weave variation with silk supplementary wefts and weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, supplementary facing and supplementary brocading wefts forming weft loops and supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts with extended supplementary patterning weft knotted uncut fringe and over extended ground weft cut fringe

117.8 × 31.4 cm (46.4 × 12.4 in)