That fabric covering you was woven from the masses of filaments that anchor certain seashells; as the ancients were wont to do, it was dyed with purple ink from the murex snail and shaded with violet tints that I extract from a marine slug, the Mediterranean sea hare.
Esas telas que le cubren a usted están tejidas con los bisos de ciertas conchas bivalvas, teñidas con la púrpura de los antiguos y matizadas con los colores violetas que extraigo de las aplisias del Mediterráneo.