Small, rectangular piece of linen textile, taken from a larger cloth. It has one selvedge at the shorter edge. The opposite edge and one warp edge is hemmed. The textile is embroidered with two incomplete composite flower motifs in blackwork. It also has a section of drawn and pulled threadwork, creating a block of small openwork squares.
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