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Shawl

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

Shawl of woven silk, wool and cotton. The shawl is long with a plain centre of white twilled wool and silk. The warp consists of white silk, and the weft is of wool. There is a deep border of thin cones mixed with large scale shawl-flowers and leaf-shapes, from which delicate fern-like leaves and sprays of tiny flowers penetrate the field. No corners are designed and the pattern simply ends at an applied side border, which runs the length of the shawl.

The colours are subdued consisting of maroon, pale pink, mid-blue, a very dark green, a little white and golden yellow. There is a twisted warp fringe and the pattern is bound in 1/3 twill.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk, wool and cotton
Brief description
Shawl of woven silk, wool and cotton, Paisley, Scotland, ca. 1846
Physical description
Shawl of woven silk, wool and cotton. The shawl is long with a plain centre of white twilled wool and silk. The warp consists of white silk, and the weft is of wool. There is a deep border of thin cones mixed with large scale shawl-flowers and leaf-shapes, from which delicate fern-like leaves and sprays of tiny flowers penetrate the field. No corners are designed and the pattern simply ends at an applied side border, which runs the length of the shawl.

The colours are subdued consisting of maroon, pale pink, mid-blue, a very dark green, a little white and golden yellow. There is a twisted warp fringe and the pattern is bound in 1/3 twill.
Dimensions
  • Length: 120in
  • Width: 59in
  • Length: 306cm
  • Width: 150cm
  • Width: 1490mm
  • Length: 3180mm (Note: including fringe)
Credit line
Given by Mr Stuart Rigold, Esq.
Collection
Accession number
T.55-1966

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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