Shawl
ca. 1820-1840 (made)
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Shawl of woven silk. With a repeating design of a thin-stemmed plant with flowers and curling tendrils within a border of large flowers and leaves. It is woven with a yellow silk warp and purple-blue silk weft in a 3/1 weft twill and its warp twill reverse, making the shawl reversible, and with a shot effect. The silk has a four cord selvedge woven in tabby and a short simple warp fringe.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk |
| Brief description | Shawl of woven silk, England, ca. 1820-1840 |
| Physical description | Shawl of woven silk. With a repeating design of a thin-stemmed plant with flowers and curling tendrils within a border of large flowers and leaves. It is woven with a yellow silk warp and purple-blue silk weft in a 3/1 weft twill and its warp twill reverse, making the shawl reversible, and with a shot effect. The silk has a four cord selvedge woven in tabby and a short simple warp fringe. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss E. Dickenson |
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| Accession number | T.122-1961 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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