Set of garters. Tapestry-woven in red silk with a pattern in purple, blue and dark green silk and gold and silver threads. At one end of each garter is an area woven with interlocking colours in purple, green, silver and gold, and flanked by bands of silver containing two narrow blue stripes. The rest of the design is composed of stepped squares making diagonals of colour divided by diagonals of metal thread. The colours vary from block to block. Between the block of squares are stripe patterns in alternatively silver and gold mingled with the red silk of the ground. There are 14 warp threads in the 0.5 inch width of the ribbon. The warp is of silk. At each end is a short tassel of silver wire. Set of garters, silk with gold and silver threads, Romania, 1800s.