Tray cloth with dragonflies. Framed embroidery of dragonflies. Two panels of a dragonfly and flower, adjoining a central panel of flowers and leaves, with green, white, brown and ornage opn pale blue silk; with a border of geometric motifs in green and blue on white. In a black wooden frame.
trays (household miscellany); textile
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