16th Century Embroidery Silk Velvet Fragment embroidered_pillow Featurng a beautiful little bird

Featurng a beautiful little bird worked in Petit Point

Original Moire silk backing Good antique condition throughout

please study photographs as they do form a very important part of the description

The dark Ruby Red silk velvet worked in gold wrapped threads

delicately cast Ormolu mounts

16th Century Embroidery Silk Velvet Fragment embroidered_pillow Featurng a beautiful little birdItalian (Florentine) Renaissance Textile Fragment Dating from late 16th Century The crimson silk velvet appliqued and embroidered in silk Would originally been part of a long pilaster hanging Remnants of original metallic braid to edges This ancient fragment in an antique, time worn condition with general signs of wear commensurate with over Four Hundred years of use The velvet is worn the nap has in places rubbed away over the centuries revealing