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Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings; lined with silk, 5:1 twill damask weave
Dimensions
115.8 × 199.7 cm (45 1/2 × 78 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith
Reference Number
1991.788
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