Fragment of tapestry border woven in wool, silk and metal thread (either silver or silver-gilt with the gilding gone). Decorated with the top half of two putti flanking a central rod entwined with a snake just above their heads, and below the bottom of a roundel. The ground has a chequered pattern in metal thread on a yellow ground. 22-29 warp threads to the inch, 10-12 to the cm. It comes from a tapestry such as the Sujets de la Fable.