Rectangular cream-coloured, tabby woven cotton textile decorated with block printed patterning in black, light brown and red. The textile has been sewn together along the selvedges of two pieces. The decoration consists of a centre panel and different inner borders on shorter and longer sides. The longer sides have four, the shorter only two inner, and one overall outer border. The decoration consists of floral motifs, and in the inner borders different buti-motifs against a coloured fan-shape patterned ground. The edge of the textile is left plain cream.
floor covering; textile
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