sample (textile); textile

Small piece of cotton embroidered textile. The patterning comprises a centre panel of pulled thread work, made up of diamonds and diagonal lines and worked in yellow cotton. This is flanked at the longer edges by two different repeating motifs. One comprises a white 'V' shape, infilled with light blue and its reverse and is set in a black ground. The other is a pink and yellow triangle, also on a black ground.

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