Typically made from dress material after it did service as a gown this cover is made from two widths of material sewn together. The pattern of urns woven in silver metal threads with large sprays of flowers in red, blue, green, pink and yellow on an ivory ground. The weave is lampas with an ivory ground of ribbed tabby with a geometric design. Bordered on all four sides with the same period of gold metal tape with an intertwining scroll motif. Backed with salmon colored striped tone-on-tone silk fabric.

The large flowers and leaves in this piece show a form of color-shading or hatching, parallel to the contours of the motifs, which was particularly favored between 1730 and 1735.

Condition: Minor abraded areas to the ground and silver metal thread on the front. The metal tape has tarnished from age. The silk lining on the backside has one split about 6” long, several tiny holes, some fading and a spot but none of these problems come to the front.