"Detail from the border area of a large, late 16th century coverlet from Bengal. The coverlet has a thin layer of wadding between two layers of white cotton and is closely stitched through all the layers with red, blue, green and orange silk. The centre is decorated with figurative and geometric ornaments." (page 29)
source: Levey, Santina M. Elizabethan Treasures the Hardwick Hall Textiles National Trust Enterprises, LTD. London 1998. ISBN: 0-8109-6353-1 Distributed in the US by Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY.
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