Purple silk pile-on-pile velvet cover, with gold thread and gold loops, lined in yellow linen. Curving stems form large pointed oval compartments containing plant forms. Purple silk and gold fringe at both ends. Velvet selvedge shows a band of pink warps, a band of alternating green, yellow, green, yellow warps, green warps, then a band of pink warps.velvet cloth-of-gold, Italy or Spain, 1530-70; fringed ends