Matashi

Matashi (cushion cover) of buff leather, circular and decorated with coloured leathers and fringed: West Africa, Nigeria, Katsina State, Hausa people

Cushion cover

Cotton cushion cover printed in colours with flowers, foliage and grass: Scottish, Alexandria, United Turkey Red Company, late 19th century

Cushion cover

Part of a collection of keepsakes given to Miss Gwendoline Rogers by a Canadian soldier named ‘Larter’, of the 111th South Waterloo Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, First World War, embroidered cushion cover featuring ‘Canada’ text covered with maple leaves, given post-war by Larter’s mother