Embroidered in silk, metal thread and seed pearls on white satin; stitches include split, long and short and stem stitches, with buttonholing, speckling and couched and raised work. There are two scenes under arches with cherub heads in the spandrels.
On the right, King Charles I, robed, kneels in a chapel with coffered roof, and takes from the altar the crown of thorns (with embroidered words GRATIA. ASPERAM AT LEVEM); on the altar are the Bible (IN TVO VERBO SPES MEA) and a paper (CHRISTI TRACTO); at his feet are a globe (MUNDI CALCO) and the Earthly Crown (VANITAS; SPLENDIDAM AT GRAVEM). Charles looks upwards (CAELI SPECTO) to behold the Heavenly Crown (GLORIA : BEATAM ET ATERNAM).
On the left, Charles II in armour stands with two angels holding a crown over his head.
The margins of linen have been covered with blue silk; on acquisition the embroidery was said to have the small letters AH on the right side, but these are no longer visible.