textile; sample (textiles)

Squarish piece of embroidered linen textile, the sleeve of a woman's blouse. Two selvedges at the longer edges. At the lower, warp edge is a band of white embroidery. A diamond lattice pattern is picked out in gold-coloured metal-wrapped thread and has pink and dark blue dots and small blue and green beads. The cloth is divided in two by a dark blue vertical line. Either side of it is a repeating angular motif, using the same coloured threads and with the addition of orange. This central pattern is framed on each side with small flower motifs attached to a zig zag line.

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