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Title	Fragment
Date	17th century
Medium	Medium: silk Technique: cut (brown) and uncut (green) supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (ciselé velvet) Label: Silk cut, uncut velvet in a satin foundation
Classification	woven textiles
Origin	France or Italy France or Italy
Holding institution	Smithsonian Open Access
Credit line	Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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