Cover of woven silk and metal thread bordered with two woven silk and metal thread fabrics, backed with cotton twill and faced with woven cotton.
The main panel is pieced; it has a dark blue satin ground woven with small motifs which are like horseshoe shaped clouds around a stylized floral sprig which alternates direction in each offset row. The sprig comprises a central stem with 2 fruit like buds and it ends with an upright flowerhead. There are many leaves and the lowermost bunch hang down. The metal thread is silver-gilt close S-wound on a yellow silk core, woven with twill binding.
The border is pieced using two different fabrics. [1] Corner squares: have a pink satin ground with large, almost circular botehs in offset rows, curving to the right. Each is composed of many small details in metal thread [silver strip close S-wound on a light yellow silk core]. [2] Sides; gold ground with a small scale pattern in which fine white lines form coiling stems linking small and large pink rosettes and large and small mauve star-like flowers, with small green leaves. The existence of diagonal seams suggests this fabric was originally part of a garment.
Backing: red cotton twill.
Facing: bias cut, red and blue plain weave cotton.
A small brass ring has been sewn to each of the lower corners.