A length of strawberry red velvet cut to reveal a gold lamé ground worked with stylised fruit trees--25¼ x 105in. (63 x 263cm.), late 19th century, Italian; and another of pale green silk woven with oriental style figures in black velveteen shadowed with silver lamé--24¼ x 96½in. (61 x 241cm.), late 19th century (2)

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A length of strawberry red velvet cut to reveal a gold lamé ground worked with stylised fruit trees--25¼ x 105in. (63 x 263cm.), late 19th century, Italian; and another of pale green silk woven with oriental style figures in black velveteen shadowed with silver lamé--24¼ x 96½in. (61 x 241cm.), late 19th century (2)

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