The pair here are rectangular and comprise couched gold thread on red velvet backgrounds. The decoration is what likely to be stylised bunga meningkat (rose) motif. Sections are raised as well, and this was achieved by inserting small cut-out sections of cardboard and then covering them with the couching work, Additionally, small, metallic spangles were sewn onto each panel as well. The panels were intended to be added to the end of a long, stiff, rectangular bolster that would have been adorned a wedding bed. Tekat is the Malay name given to the technique of decorating textile panels (usually velvet) with thickly applied gold thread decoration. When the thread is applied by couching, the technique is then known as tekat timbul or tekat suji. This particular method of production can be traced to Perak as they acquired a reputation as a producer of the distinctive tekat timbul, embroideries were wrapped metallic threads are couched over a cardboard template to create a relief effect. It is further distinguished by its continuous meandering foliage from which the stylized floral blossoms emerge (Cheah 2008).
