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Italy, Florence

Fragment from an Orphrey

1360s
Linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in split and surface satin stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching
15.5 × 15.8 cm (6.1 × 6.2 in)

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