GENERAL EMBROIDERY, BEDSPREAD

A silk embroidered bedspread from colonial times during the British Empire in India.

The cotton fabric is a peachy colour embroidered with bright silk threads.

Design consists of a large bird of paradise in each corner and smaller birds in the centre and between. Assorted leaves and berries surround these – liquid amber, maple.

Bedspread made up with two sections of fabric. Between the joins is a band of drawn thread work.