Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; woven cotton tape with cotton weft-loop fringe (2 cm sections of red wool at 6 cm intervals); attached to 4 sides; note crossed and re-crossed warps, Unlined bed cover made of two full widths of printed fabric with fringe on four sides. Pattern composed oftwo stripes: the wider a parrot holding a nut perched on a curved flowering branch on a blue background 18.5cm. wide and the other 11cm. wide a bird with outspread wings perched on a branch of red berries alternating with a ribbon bow. Two groups of stripes are half dropped with one extra marrow stripe plus an additional section of each stripe on left and right to fill full width of fabric., Portugal, England, 1850-1900, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile