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Shawl
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Shawl
- Place of origin:
Kashmir, India (made)
- Date:
third quarter of 19th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Wool embroidered with woollen thread
- Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs Estelle Fuller through The Art Fund
- Museum number:
IS.31-1970
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Shawl embroidered with multi-coloured wools with a pictorial map of Srinagar. The background consists of rectangles of twill-weave wool, seamed together. On this ground the embroidery has been worked in fine wools, mainly in darn-stitch, satin stitch and stem-stitch, creating on the surface the effect of a woven design.
Place of Origin
Kashmir, India (made)
Date
third quarter of 19th century (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Wool embroidered with woollen thread
Dimensions
Length: 90 in, Width: 78 in
Object history note
Registered File number 1970/3190.
Descriptive line
Embroidered wool map-shawl, Kashmir, India, third quarter of the 19th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
J.B. Harley and David Woodward, eds., The History of Cartography. Volume Two, Book One. Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies, University of Chicago Press, 1992, pl. 33 p. 433.
Crill, Rosemary. Indian embroidery. London: V&A Publications, 1999, Cat. No. 32, p. 16, illus. pp. 48-49.
Materials
Wool (textile); Wool yarn
Techniques
Embroidering; Twill weave
Subjects depicted
Map; Srinagar
Categories
Textiles; Clothing; Embroidery; Accessories
Collection code
SSEA
