cushion cover

Ethel Mairet 1872 - 1952

Summary

Handwoven woollen textile length intended for use as cushion cover, comprising black cotton and cream wool warp, and black cotton, dark brown wool and peach-pink wool weft. Geometric pattern to lower half or front of cushion, comprising two rows of diamonds, each row containing one peach pink flanked by two brown diamonds, rows separated by three horizontal zigzag triangle borders in cream and brown with narrow horizontal pink bands, and intersected by narrow vertical brown bands. Upper half or back of cushion comprises simple pattern of cream squares within brown network. Short fringe formed by warp threads at each end.