Sample of roughly triangular woven textile. Seeemingly from a larger cloth, with an attached end. Remnants of blue sewing threads along two sides, possibly indicating use as part of a garment. Decorated with stripes consisting of silver-coloured floral motifs attached to a black vine on a gold-coloured background. Bordered by a thin gold-coloured stripe, and a dentate pattern. The borders are outlined in black. Between theses stripes are repeats of gold-coloured buti on the red ground.
sample (textileworking: weaving); textile
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