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c. 1580
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-wire-wrapped silk, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, leaf, satin, and stem stitches
137.8 × 8.7 cm (54.3 × 3.4 in)

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