Long, rectangular linen pillow case, hand embroidered in pink cotton thread. The centre of the cloth is embroidered across the full width with a symmetrical tree of life motif in the centre. At each side, in a mirror image, is a stag with its body turned away from the tree, but with its head towards it. The centre panel is framed with a horizontal straight line and two large repeating blooms. One of the flower motifs is repeated ten times along each side of the cloth.
cushion cover
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