Red silk velvet. Two <i>sempervivum </i> branches rise from a ring to create a two-pointed oval frame enclosing leaves and buds of the same plant. These boughs also branch out to the sides to enclose in a compartment different leaves and fruits - pometgranates, quinces and pears - in groups of three. Made up of several pieces of the velvet which have been pieced together to show the pattern.
<b>Technical description</b> (Lisa Monnas, 2009)
<i>Weave structure</i>. Single harness, solid cut-pile velvet in two heights of pile on an irregular 3/1 twill ground.
<i>Warps</i>. 3 main warps, 1 pile warp. Main warp is ivory/yellow silk, light S twist. Pile warp is silk, pelo, crimson without visible twist. Pattern step: 1 pile warp. Thread count per cm: 90 main warps, 30 pile warps.
<i>Wefts</i>. 3 ground wefts to 2 rods. Ground wefts: ivory/yellow silk without visible twist. Patterns step: 2 rods. Thread count per cm: 34/36 rods and 51/54 ground wefts.
<i>Selvedges</i>. Weave: irregular twill. Material: silk, without visible twist, whitish.
<b>Dyes</b> (analysis by Maarten van Bommel, 2009).
<i>Main warp</i>: red woods and weld.
<i>Pile warp</i>: Polish cochineal, after treatment with tannins.
<i>Ground weft</i>: red woods and weld.