Square cream barkcloth with a slightly glossy surface. The textile is decorated with stencilled patterns in black and brown. These create a centre panel and 4 borders. The centre panel contains a floral motif on a brown ground. The inner border consists of ovoid shapes separated by thin lines, again on a brown ground. The middle one contains alternating zigzag and X-shaped motifs in black .The next one contains a brown line framed by black. The outermost one consists of linked patterns with diamond motifs in each link.
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