Embroidered silk on wool; Italy; 1800-1849 Silk embroidery on wool with satin and double-running stitches. There is a border all round, but wider at each end, filled with a close diaper of eight-petalled flowers. The edging is of blossoms and leaves. In the corners of the middle compartments are cone devices filled with flowers. It is bound with pink silk ribbon and the colours of the silk embroidery are chiefly shades of red, blue, green, yellow, and white.