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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (made)

Shawl of white silk gauze with three strips in pink silk at each and down each side. In addition rectangular compartments outlined by a single stripe in the same pink silk contain large flowers brocaded in pink silk. Each end of the shawl has a long fringe of pink and white silk.

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Category	Textiles
Object type	Scarf
Materials and techniques	Woven in silk gauze and brocaded
Brief description	Shawl woven in silk gauze and brocaded, England, c.1820
Physical description	Shawl of white silk gauze with three strips in pink silk at each and down each side. In addition rectangular compartments outlined by a single stripe in the same pink silk contain large flowers brocaded in pink silk. Each end of the shawl has a long fringe of pink and white silk.
Dimensions	Length: 110.5in Width: 23in Length: 280.6cm Width: 58.5cm Four motifs in the loom width length: 6in Four motifs in the loom width width: 4.5in Four motifs in the loom width length: 15cm Four motifs in the loom width width: 11.5cm Width: 599mm Length: 2250mm (Note: Approximate length including fringe)
Credit line	Given anonymously
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.23-1979

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O363139/scarf-unknown/

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