Long, narrow, black, twill-woven cotton (?) banding decorated with multicoloured embroidery. The decoration consists of a centre band surrounded by a border containing 7 outlines. The panel contains a light brown lattice pattern which is decorated alternating sequences of bands of filling colour. The centre band is either red with blue either side, or yellow with green either side. The border contains a purple, orange, green, yellow, turquoise,red, and a red and yellow outline. The outermost one of these also secures the hem on all sides of the textile.
sample; textile (function unknown)
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