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Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: damassé weave in 8-harness satin plus plain weave with floats of alternate wefts and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), all bound in 3/1 twill, Fragment of green silk damask brocaded with design in the bizarre style showing flowering vines in red, yellow and green with scrolls in silver. One selvage remains., France, late 17thearly 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment