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Fragment

13th/14th century
Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with weft-float faced 1:2 "Z" twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and with supplementary warps forming cut voided velvet
17.1 × 16.6 cm (6.7 × 6.5 in)

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