Small strip of embroidered cotton textile. The patterning consists of two upright plants. The flower heads are mainly black, with red, yellow, pink, green, and white cotton threads. These are linked by other motifs including mulit-coloured star shapes. The ground of the panel is orange. The main decoration is framed by solid black and solid orange lines. At one of the longer edges is a row of linked black heart-shaped motifs and at the opposite side is a line of orange pulled thread work.
sample (textile); textile
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