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Shawl

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Broad sash of vertically ribbed silk plain cloth. Striped horizontally pale blue, pink, white, and yellow. Long knotted white silk fringe formed by warp ends.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1883
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Medium
Medium: silk Technique: plain weave
Dimensions
H x W: 135 × 59 cm (53 1/8 × 23 1/4 in.)
Type
woven textiles
Shawl
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