Probably Italy

Panel

1550/1600
Silk, plain weave; double-faced needlework embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; couching; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace and with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plaited braid; two panels joined
49.4 × 164.2 cm (19.4 × 64.6 in)

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