Florentine Silk Velvet Costume Panel Circa 1600 pillow_trimming Hand Made in natural mordant

Hand Made in natural mordant dyed in a lovely shade of dark brick red

insects and flowers

Appropriate signs of wear commensurate with age and use

Antique Hand Made Table Runner

Depicting Dogs hunting an exotic bird beneath a pair of Peacock in fruiting tree

Florentine Silk Velvet Costume Panel Circa 1600 pillow_trimming Hand Made in natural mordantA costume Panel Late 16th early 17th century Most likely Florence Magenta silk velvet voided to reveal gold metallic ground Large Pomegranate Artichoke design Full loom width with both selvage edges present This panel is over 400 hundred years old. A very rare survivor, most other examples are in Museum collections Wear, fragility, rubbing restorations Please study photographs as they do form a very important part of the description Should probably