twist: silver or gilt (?) Z tightness of wrap:
Ivory brocade weft is two strand (en)
yellow is one strand.
Selvedges here is interrupted (en)
selvedges are made of thicker warps. At the selvedge, the brocading wefts don't extend. The silk here looks esp short filament. Is it possible that this is silk on silk, but the main foundation warps are made of wild silk or broken cocoon silk? (en)
Brocaded silk velvet with metal thread. Pattern repeat on vertical axis with 2 minimum pattern areas. Satin foundation structure: 4/1 satin, warp count not taken (en)
velvet warp order 3-1-3. Velvet structure, red and green silk, S twist. Pile counts, warps 10 (en)
it seems like it floats over a couple of warp threads (en)