Red ribbed silk ground with a large-scale symmetrical palmette surrounded by four serrated leaves connected by a crown. The pattern is formed by one horizontal rib having an extra white silk weft and the alternating rib having a narrow strip of flat silver.
Credit: Gift of Raimundo de Madrazo
17th century
Medium: silk, metal Technique: plain weave with continuous supplementary weft patterning
1898-1-9
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