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Shawl

ca. 1825-1829 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Square shawl with a white twilled silk centre with applied white silk fringe and applied borders of two widths (7.25 inches x 2.0625 inches), the narrow ones in reverse of the broad to be folded in a triangle.

The brown ground of the borders is filled with tiny blue flowers outlined in wine red and dark green leaves outlined in yellow. At intervals they back a complex of superimposed cones in which the colours pink and deep golden yellow are added in small quantities. Guard stripes to the border are symmetrical floral stems in the same colours as the mass of tiny flowers. The pale and dark yellow wefts are of silk.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Twilled silk
Brief description
Shawl of twill silk, Paisley, Scotland, ca. 1825-1829
Physical description
Square shawl with a white twilled silk centre with applied white silk fringe and applied borders of two widths (7.25 inches x 2.0625 inches), the narrow ones in reverse of the broad to be folded in a triangle.

The brown ground of the borders is filled with tiny blue flowers outlined in wine red and dark green leaves outlined in yellow. At intervals they back a complex of superimposed cones in which the colours pink and deep golden yellow are added in small quantities. Guard stripes to the border are symmetrical floral stems in the same colours as the mass of tiny flowers. The pale and dark yellow wefts are of silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 57.5in
  • Width: 57.5in
Credit line
Given by Mrs Rosenthal
Collection
Accession number
T.840-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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