cover image: Shawl

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Shawl

White ground with close-set finely stylized floral serpentines and small floral sprigs in interspaces; in red, yellow, blue, blue-green, black. Narrow floral guard border on four sides. Warp-fringed ends.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
1830s
Dates
1830s
Format
Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave, interlocking twill
Pages
H x W: 323.9 × 124.1 cm (10 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 48 7/8 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1955-133-26
Rights
Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/4bca7117c72d51945569170dfbfb2e4f