. "Woven silk and metal thread.\nMade from about 14 pieces of fabric very carefully sewn together, and two pieces from another textile.\nThe main pattern consists of alternating stripes:\n[1] a metal thread ground with a vertical line of rigid flowering stems with a large open red rose head, and bud and two tulip heads with green leaves;\n[2] a composite band of three narrow stripes, the central one being undecorated metal thread either side of which is a broader stripe with a mid-blue stripe decorated with isolated red floral sprig with green leaves outlined in metal thread, arranged as one unit above and below two half units.\nAcross the top is a band, possibly marking the end of a loom piece, with a woven inscription within a cartouche. This repeats as a mirror image several times.\nWarp: pink silk\nWeft: dark green, black, red, blue and white silk. \nMetal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk\nA small piece of woven silk and metal thread has been joined to the main fabric on either side of the band with the inscription. Plain weave ground. Blue ground with a multi-petalled flower head and buds in pink with green leaves, all outlined in [worn] metal thread. The pattern in incomplete.\nWarp: pink silk\nWeft: light green, red and blue silk. \nmetal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk"@en . . "2021-02-10T00:00:00"^^ .