Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch with a backing of plain weave cotton; the edges are bound with plain weave cotton. This has probably been cut along all four sides as there is no border. Blue ground. The design is not centralized; it consists of elongated hexagonal [pointed cartouches] and large and small 8-pointed stars arranged as a grid so that three complete rows are formed. Left and Right: part of a small star with pink ground and white border; a dark green ground vertical hexagon with orange outlined; a star; a hexagon; a star; part of a hexagon. Centre: part of a yellow ground horizontal hexagon with beige outline; large faded pink star with white outline; hexagon; star; hexagon; part of a star. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; orange, dark red, black, beige, white, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, light blue. Backing: blue cotton. Binding: red cotton; this seems to be a double layer which is faded in places and also worn into holes in places. There are four green silk twill loops added along the top edge. Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, grid pattern of eight-pointed stars, smaller stars and lozenge cartouches on dark blue ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1750-1800