Cushion cover of yellow silk, embroidered in satin stitches with floss silks. In the centre is a circular arrangement of peaches, with bats and swastikas, surrounded by evenly distributed stylised blossoms, leaves, and sprays, intermingled with swastikas. Beyond are borderings of similar floral and leaf forms, bats, and swastikas. THRONE CUSHION. CHINESE (Ch'ing dynasty); late 18th-early 19th century. Embroidered in silk on silk twill ground; long and short, satin, stem, and Pekin knot stitches and some couched gilt thread. [] Embroidered cushion cover, China, late 18th-early 19th century