Border woven with a linen warp and silk weft, embroidered with silk, Greek, probably Mytilene, late 18th century. There are two pieces which have been machine-stitched together, side-by-side, with dull red cotton, possibly in the middle of the 19th century. The original fabric has been folded under and stitched in place to form a backing. Along the lower edge is a twisted warp fringe decorated with red silk tassles. There are six bands of embroidered decoration: above the fringe are narrow rows of red looped stitches, small geoemtric motifs and a band of needle-weaving in red, green, blue and cream silk. The largest band has right-sloping stems with red, blue or green flowers; there are right-facing birds among these. Above is a row of red, blue or green motifs which might be confronting birds and the final row of geoemtric motifs is worked in red silk.