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Shawl

ca. 1862 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 141in
  • Width: 70in
Marks and inscriptions
'CALEY SHAWLMAN AND SILK MERCER TO THE QUEEN AND PRINCESS OF WALES. NORWICH / IMPORTER OF CONTINENTAL MANUFACTURES' (On label sewn on back)
Object history
Registered File no. 1929/11161.
Bibliographic references
  • Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion, edited by Lesley Ellis Miller and Ana Cabrera Lafuente with Claire Allen-Johnstone, Thames and Hudson Ltd. in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2021, pp. 170-171
  • 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. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Accession number
T.177-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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