Strip of embroidered linen textile. Running vertically in the centre is a row of small linked diamonds. On either side, in a mirror image, is a triangular motif worked in yellow, red and purple cotton threads. There is a thin purple line with a repeating hook shape at each side of the longer edges. One warp edge is cut diagonally, the other is partially so. The latter has red cotton overstitching.
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