Research in Progress Square shawl with a black center on a field made to be folded on a diagonal and worn as a triangle. Inner border of Kashmir woven strips. Outer fringed border is patchwork and embroidery of decent quality.
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
- Format
- Medium: wool Technique: 2/2 twill tapestry (field); 2/2 twill double interlocked tapestry (inner border); 2/2 twill tapestry patches embroidered mainly in stem stitch (outer border)
- Pages
- H x W: 167.6 × 163.8 cm (5 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft. 4 1/2 in.)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- 1967-32-2
- Rights
- Gift of Mrs. George Albrecht
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/d32fa1e20f5e58093d31707985ec8bcf
