A short length of rich silk

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A short length of rich silk
the pale blue silk woven with white, coral, pale green and shades of yellow silks and silver threads with a symmetrical design of a figure passing through an arcade with chequered paving, with the exterior view below showing the arcade flanked by an avenue of trees--probably Italian, circa 1705
See Colour Plate 41
Literature
A sample of the same design is illustrated in "Baroque and Rococo Silks", Peter Thornton - plate 108 A.

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