the extreme striations of the green/blue is carried through on the back, which makes it unlikely that the evenness is the result of fading due to light. One end has tightly wrapped kilaptan. (en)
Voided and brocaded silk velvet. Satin foundation structure: 4/1 satin, unplied ivory silk filament warp, 1 strand ivory cotton weft. Satin and velvet warp order 3-1. Velvet structure: red and green silk (en)
count 16 and 24 (en)
gold in the larger parts (en)
2 shots between pile. Gilt or silver (?) metal wrap, Z-twist, variable tightness. Uses two different types of kilaptan. Selvedges: 1cm. Uses blue silk warps that use more warp threads closer to the edge (en)
at one band, the wefts float over a set of warps. Selvedge twill: 2/1 or 3/1. 1.2 cm. and 1 cm.
Back restored and covered with red cotton cloth (en)