Hanging or cover of embroidered linen with silk in stem, long and short, buttonhole, roumanian, plaited and hollie stitches with detached buttonhole, buttonhole filling and Roumanian couching. Of repeating all-over design, the pattern shows red holly berries in groups on curving green branches interspersed with stylised holly leaves in various techniques, colours and designs of outline and fill-in stitches in various shades of green, red, silver and gold silk. Embroidered with a holly pattern with leaves and stems in green, yellow, gold and brown. A border down the centre may point to this hanging originally intended to cover both sides of a long cushion cover, although the considerable length shows evidence of shortening, which would suggest an abnormally long cushion cover.

Lining of green striped silk. Variations in the red buttonhole-stitched edge point to later alterations. Later conservation work done in 1982.