Assuit or Assyt shawl
Shawl
1922 - 1929 (made)
1922 - 1929 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Rectangular shawl made of black net and silver metal, with silk tassles in a large fishnet pattern at one edge.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Assuit or Assyt shawl (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | cotton net with silver metal |
| Brief description | Black net Assuit shawl with metal design |
| Physical description | Rectangular shawl made of black net and silver metal, with silk tassles in a large fishnet pattern at one edge. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Clive Scrimshaw |
| Object history | Historical significance: Probably brought by the owner after 1922 - when the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb prompted a fashion for anything Egyptian. Shawls were out of fashion by the end of the 1920s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.90-1999 |
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| Record created | December 19, 2000 |
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