Length of red textile, hemmed at the edges with brown thread, and decorated with three lines of silver-coloured metal medallions. The top line consists of 19 circular medallions of around 22mm in diameter, with eight petal flowers etched on their surface. The lower row consists of 18 of these same medallions. The centre row is made of 10 larger medallions, around 36mm in height, which are in the shape of eight petal flowers.
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