Troist offered him a seat, an oval of slotted metal with an embroidered cover depicting a vase of bluebells, cheerfully but amateurishly sewn.

The exhibition shows a rich collection of bejeweled silver Torah ornaments, crowns, finials and embroidered covers.

A paragraph in the Zohar starts: "One must prepare a comfortable seat with several cushions and embroidered covers, from all that is found in the house, like one who prepares a canopy for a bride.

Lamplight showed the richness of the heavily embroidered cover on the daised bed.

A bottle and glasses stood on a low table, the wide bed was bright with an embroidered cover, a censer stood beneath a thin spiral of rising smoke, the scent of incense hanging heavy in the air.

Just beyond the bridge table, with its embroidered cover and two cut-glass dishes of sweets, stood Norman Saylor.

Bound entirely by hand they contained miniature watercolour paintings, special embroidered covers and bindings, and slip cases.

He untied her sash and loosened her gown, then threw an embroidered cover over her naked body.

Jessica crossed to the deep, old-fashioned armchair with an embroidered cover of schlag skin, moved the chair into position to command the door.

As I pulled the embroidered cover, a gift from the headman's wife, about my ears, I had a moment of intense sadness.