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Fragment (From an Orphrey Band)

15th century
Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts
30.5 × 50.5 cm (12 × 19.9 in)

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