A work made of silk warp-float faced broken twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and silvered-metal wire, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and cotton in satin and split stitches; couching and padded couching; four full panels and two partial panels joined.

Cope

1500/25

Italy or Spain

Italy

Silk warp-float faced broken twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and silvered-metal wire, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and cotton in satin and split stitches; couching and padded couching; four full panels and two partial panels joined

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