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Description: | Woven coffin cover with a cotton base with a wide weave and a multi-coloured design in raised woollen loops. The design field is divided into three. At either end is a central motif of a vase or pot from which emerge stems with flowers. The central panel has a rectangle delineated in black within which is a cross in blue, with purple diagonals across the corners. This rectangle is surrounded by eight-pointed star motifs in a variety of colours. Around the edge of the whole cover is a black border of crosses in the same woollen loops. Trimmed with a strip of green fringing around the border. Unlined. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | cotton textiles coffin covers wool weaving | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-54060 |
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