Skirt border

Silk embroidery on linen in long-armed cross stitch and stem stitch. The colours are red and yellow-green. Along the bottom and up each seam to a depth of about 8 inches is a narrow meander border with leaves, surmounted by a row of peacocks. On the wing of each peacock and in front of each peacock is a small bird. Along the bottom is a vandyke stitch edging of plaited pillow lace, embroidered with yellow and green. Bands of the same lace run vertically between the sections, and are also embroidered in yellow and green. [Trimming at bottom and between seams called both 'crochet' and 'plaited pillow lace' in the Register.]