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Shawl

ca. 1750-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kashmir (made)
England (worn)

Fine cream goat-hair (pashmina) shawl with narrow floral border in red, green and yellow around edges, and wider design along ends of repeating large floral motif in red, yellow, blue and green, Short, self fabric fringe

Object details

Categories
Accessories
Fashion
Clothing
Textiles
Object type
Shawl
Materials and techniques
woven goat-hair (pashmina)
Goat Hair
Weaving
Brief description
Shawl, cream wool with red, yellow, blue and green floral design
Physical description
Fine cream goat-hair (pashmina) shawl with narrow floral border in red, green and yellow around edges, and wider design along ends of repeating large floral motif in red, yellow, blue and green, Short, self fabric fringe
Gallery label
(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE

In Britain, softly draping muslin dresses became fashionable in the late 18th century as part of the Neo-classical style. They were intended to allude to the draperies of classical sculpture, but their elegance belied the poor conditions of the Indian weavers who supplied the cloth. Kashmir shawls were an ideal accessory. Following a French lead, they became immensely sought-after in Britain.

Dress
Cotton muslin, embroidered
Probably Dhaka, Bangladesh, made up in England,
1805-10
Given by Miss P. H.Rcw
V&A: Circ.30-1958

Shawl
Pashmina (goat-hair) (twill-tapestry weave)
Jammu and Kashmir, 1750-60
Given by Miss M.Davis
V&A: IM.17-1915
Credit line
Given by Miss M. Davis
Object history
Given by Miss M. Davis, 142 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

R.P. 1915-3060M
Subject depicted
Flowers
Bibliographic references
  • Crill, Rosemary, Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "The Fabric of India" Exhibition, p.74, pl. 17.
  • The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 Number: ISBN 0 906969 26 3 p. 101. cat. no. 288, Veronica Murphy
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.17-1915

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Record createdOctober 2, 2007
Record URL
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