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Description: | Cushion cover, heavy metal thread embroidery in silver and gold on black velvet, backed with black satin. The design shows a tiger eating a stag in a clearing. The scene also depicts various birds sitting in the trees and two cranes standing by. In the foreground there are fish in a stream. There are four scrolls, one in each corner, and the whole is bordered in metal thread with a band and tassels. Inscribed 'W.C. Dible'. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | metal satin cushion covers thread textiles Family and Home velvet textile | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-108884 |
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