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Textile (Italy)

This is a Textile. We acquired it in 1969. Its medium is silk and metallic thread and its technique is predominately warp-faced plain weave (blue) faced with a continuous supplementary weft (narrow strips of gold metallic foil wound on top yellow silk). It is a part of the Textiles department.

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Textile (Italy); silk and metallic thread; 1969-153-1

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