Resist printed, block printed, plain weave cotton, probably hand-woven backed with resist dyed, block printed plain weave hand-woven cotton, quilted and faced with bias-cut plain weave silk.
A cream ground with a 24-pointed yellow medallion edged with blue leaves, containing 8 outward pointing stylised cypress trees in each, each framing a single plant with red and mauve flowers on a cream ground. Each tree rests on a shallow dish or tray and between each tree there is a naturalistic blue flowering stem with red and mauve flowers. In the centre there is a red and green flower head on a yellow ground with four blossoms and a white ground surrounded by a smaller 24-pointed star. A quarter of this central medallion appears in each corner of the central panel.
A blue leafy stem emerges from the centre of the lower edge of the central panel; there are exotic blossoms in two shades of red, two shades of blue, mauve with yellow details. There are four variety of bird, two of which are holding flowers; four of the birds are incomplete, with parts of their bodies cut off by other design elements [this happens mainly down the right hand side and across the top].
The borders are:
[1] a narrow yellow border edged with blue, containing a delicate meander of blue leaves and small red rosettes.
[2] a wide white border containing a blue leafy meander with red and mauve and blue flowers and buds
[3] same as [1]
[4] a wider white border with a less dense blue leafy meander carrying large exotic blossoms in red, mauve and blue with yellow details in six variations.
[5] same as [1]
[6] same as [2]
[7] same as [1]
In the outer corners there is an inward pointing diagonal stem coming from a vase and shallow dish or tray. At the top there is a bird holding a flower.
Backing: pieced. Light yellow ground with oval botehs in offset rows. Each boteh contains closely packed floral motifs. The stems and outlined are pale and the flowers are in two shades of red and purple with some details in white.
Facing: bias cut dark blue silk.