Yoke pad for an ox

The pad is a pair with another matching piece. It is square with the top edge ending in two neck openings and a lower frame probably formed by several layers of cardboard that cover the front, with salmon silk taffeta and linen on the back.

The rich decoration, embroidered with flat satin stitching and drawn threads matching the untwisted yellow, salmon and grey silks and the hemp threads, covers the pad completely. In the centre is a large flower with four petals, which frame others with a star shape and at the angles, semicircular motifs filled with an unfinished flower. The decoration is enhanced with silver tacks with semi-spherical heads in different sizes and other larger ones in the shape of a flower are at the corners. In the centre a lozenge-shaped mirror adorned with various strips of looped fringes produced with green, yellow, grey and orange untwisted silks. Both the decoration and the outside of the piece is embellished with fringes in the same colours as before. The necks of the upper edge are finished with crests of silk passementerie crowned by bundles of animal hair. Along the lower edge is a thick plaited fring in red wool decorated with tassels in green and red.