Pillow cover of embroidered linen with silk, gold and silver-gilt threads in shades of pink, green, yellow, red, blue, mauve, cream and brown in stem, chain, detached buttonhole, double-running, satin, back, chain double chain, long-armed cross and Algerian eye stitches with padded trellis stitch, spider knots and a variety of lattice, spot and ermine filling stitches.
The cover is divided into a central area and a border. The centre is embroidered with a design of coiling stems enclosing grapes and roses with buds and tendrils. The border is divided by interlaced ribbons into a series of oval medallions, each containing a rather stiff upright floral sprig. In the top and bottom borders, from left to right, are pansy, carnation, marigold, borage, pansy and carnation. The two sides contain, from top to bottom, borage, marigold and pansy. The interlaced ribbons are embroidered with a series of mottoes alternately in English and a mixture of French and Latin.
In the centre is a large heraldic shield of Grenville impaling Bevill, commemorating the marriage of Bernard Grenville to Elizabeth Bevill in 1592.