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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A Dundee
Scottish Design Galleries, V&A Dundee

Shawl

ca. 1845 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Square shawl woven with a silk warp, a woollen ground weft and cotton wefts in 3/1 twill. Red central field with a cone in each corner. Border around the shawl with interlaced cones with floral decoration and a further outer border of interlacing floral motifs. The outer border is contained within narrow borders which have claret coloured grounds. The selvedges are green. Main colours of blue, claret, yellow, green and pink on a red ground. Silk warp fringe at each end and a plain strip of twill in sections claret, green, yellow, red and blue. Yellow weft of silk. The wefts are cut away on the back of the shawl.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven with a silk warp, woollen ground weft, cotton wefts
Brief description
Shawl woven with a silk warp, a woollen ground weft and cotton wefts, made by Charles Burgess, Paisley, Scotland, ca. 1845
Physical description
Square shawl woven with a silk warp, a woollen ground weft and cotton wefts in 3/1 twill. Red central field with a cone in each corner. Border around the shawl with interlaced cones with floral decoration and a further outer border of interlacing floral motifs. The outer border is contained within narrow borders which have claret coloured grounds. The selvedges are green. Main colours of blue, claret, yellow, green and pink on a red ground. Silk warp fringe at each end and a plain strip of twill in sections claret, green, yellow, red and blue. Yellow weft of silk. The wefts are cut away on the back of the shawl.
Dimensions
  • Length: 69in
  • Width: 67in
  • Whole including fringe height: 178.5cm
  • Widest part in the middle of the textile width: 166cm
Credit line
Given by Dr W. A. Kane
Collection
Accession number
T.1-1960

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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