Shawl
ca. 1862 (designed)
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Silk, woven on a harness-loom. In the middle there is a plain white rectangular panel. The rest is filled with closely-packed ornaments based on the "cone" devices of Kashmiri shawls. Colours are white, crimson, yellow, light crimson, green, black, and blue. At each end is a fringe formed from the warp threads.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk |
| Brief description | Shawl, jacquard-woven silk, made by Clabburn, Sons & Crisp, Norwich, retailed by Caley, 1862, a version shown in the 1862 Exhibition |
| Physical description | Silk, woven on a harness-loom. In the middle there is a plain white rectangular panel. The rest is filled with closely-packed ornaments based on the "cone" devices of Kashmiri shawls. Colours are white, crimson, yellow, light crimson, green, black, and blue. At each end is a fringe formed from the warp threads. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'CALEY SHAWLMAN AND SILK MERCER TO THE QUEEN AND PRINCESS OF WALES. NORWICH / IMPORTER OF CONTINENTAL MANUFACTURES' Note On label sewn on back |
| Object history | Registered File no. 1929/11161. |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
pp.170-171 |
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| Accession number | T.177-1929 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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