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Shawl

ca.1835 - ca. 1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Norwich (made)

Shawl of printed wool and silk gauze. The shawl is wovn with a silk and wiil gausze ground with white silk stripes at intervals in the warp and weeft. The shawl is printed with a design of three cones, one larger flanked by two smaller ones. These are containd with a formlal cartouch. the design is repeated over the whole shawl. Around the shawl is a failry narrow border of half medallions. The colouring is predominatly crimson, red, blue and pink.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Accessories
Object type
Shawl
Materials and techniques
Woven silk and woollen gauze
Wool
Silk (Fiber)
Gauze Weave
Brief description
Shawl of printed wool and silk gauze, Norwich, England, ca. 1835 - ca. 1865
Physical description
Shawl of printed wool and silk gauze. The shawl is wovn with a silk and wiil gausze ground with white silk stripes at intervals in the warp and weeft. The shawl is printed with a design of three cones, one larger flanked by two smaller ones. These are containd with a formlal cartouch. the design is repeated over the whole shawl. Around the shawl is a failry narrow border of half medallions. The colouring is predominatly crimson, red, blue and pink.
Dimensions
  • Length: 148in
  • Width: 82in
  • Width: 1750mm
  • Length: 3540mm (Note: including fringe)
Credit line
Given by A. H. Welch
Object history
Registered File number 1963/509
Subject depicted
Cones
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.72-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O361510/shawl-unknown/
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