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Shawl

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Long rectangular field with lobed black central medallion with two dealer's marks embroidered in white silk. Great variety of intertwining floral bands and fields and very attenuated curling cones.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1850–1870
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand
Medium
Medium: wool Technique: plain and interlocked twill tapestry; pieced together Label: plain and interlocked wool twill tapestry, pieced together
Dimensions
H x W: 356.9 × 155 cm (11 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 5 ft. 1 in.)
Type
woven textiles
Shawl
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