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Shawl

ca. 1843-1846 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Long woven shawl. The border, gallery and guard-stripes merge in a design of almost gothic leaf-forms and strapwork fillings, over which pines lie in outline, fairly upright in the border, slanting in the gallery. One pine projects into the lower guard stripe motifs, and one pine is upside down. Powerful finials projecting into the white centre are in the shapes of the 1830s to 1840s and the colours of the 1840s.

There are neat, harlequined end blocks of bright red, black, pale blue, green and yellow, about 0.5 inch x 6 inches each. A ground weft runs across the back of these.

These colours plus a pale lilac-pink, and with a very dark brown in place of black, make up the pattern colours. The yellow pattern weft is silk, all the rest in wool.

The selvedge is in a plain weave with paired warp (green silk) and weft (brown wool) threads.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk and wool
Brief description
Long woven shawl of silk and wool, possibly made in Great Britain or France, ca. 1843-1846
Physical description
Long woven shawl. The border, gallery and guard-stripes merge in a design of almost gothic leaf-forms and strapwork fillings, over which pines lie in outline, fairly upright in the border, slanting in the gallery. One pine projects into the lower guard stripe motifs, and one pine is upside down. Powerful finials projecting into the white centre are in the shapes of the 1830s to 1840s and the colours of the 1840s.

There are neat, harlequined end blocks of bright red, black, pale blue, green and yellow, about 0.5 inch x 6 inches each. A ground weft runs across the back of these.

These colours plus a pale lilac-pink, and with a very dark brown in place of black, make up the pattern colours. The yellow pattern weft is silk, all the rest in wool.

The selvedge is in a plain weave with paired warp (green silk) and weft (brown wool) threads.
Dimensions
  • Length: 126in
  • Width: 64in
  • Side gallery and cresting length: 21in
  • End border, gallery length: 45.5in
  • Width: 1600mm
  • Length: 3290mm (Note: including fringe)
Credit line
Given by Mr Alastair Goldsworthy
Production
Paisley?
Collection
Accession number
T.69-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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