Large, rectangular cream-coloured textile with a deep border on the two shorter and one of the longer (selvedge) sides. The border has five rows of gold-coloured diamonds (with coloured centres) interspersed with a silver-coloured diamond lattice pattern. Both threads are metal-wrapped. This border is framed with another diamond lattice pattern. The centre ground has a large repeating hooked motif (alternately gold and silver) laid out in shallow diagonal lines. The edges of the border have a trim of five pointed triangles, alternating gold and silver, and worked in crochet.
textile (function unknown); textile
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