Rectangular piece of embroidered cotton textile. It has a broad centre panel made up of five large diamond motifs, worked in blue, white and black woollen (?) threads on a yellow woollen (?) ground. The diamonds are executed in pulled thread work. The centre panel is flanked by two borders on each side. The outer ones have nine predominantly blue eight-pointed star-shaped motifs, separated by a black 'Y' shaped motif.
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