Square cotton pot holder, with a pattern of concentric squares. There is a red border around the outside, followed by a narrower border of green and yellow. Inside this is a band of red and black triangles. The centre piece is a red square with embroidered decoration, in the form of a cross with fleur-de-lis style embellishments. The reverse is a plain piece of white cotton with a red border.
Label: White with black handwriting in ink.
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