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Shawl

ca. 1815-20 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kashmir (made)

Shawl (Tilikar) of woven pashmina wool. The main field is filled with cone-shaped floral sprigs in rows. At each end there is a panel filled with nine large floral cones. The colours are in blue and red on a cream ground.

Object details

Categories
Images Online
Textiles
Clothing
Object type
Shawl
Materials and techniques
Woven pashmina wool
Pashmina Wool
Weaving
Brief description
Shawl (Tilikar) of woven pashmina wool, Kashmir, ca. 1815-20.
Physical description
Shawl (Tilikar) of woven pashmina wool. The main field is filled with cone-shaped floral sprigs in rows. At each end there is a panel filled with nine large floral cones. The colours are in blue and red on a cream ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 143in
  • Width: 50in
  • Includes fringes length: 334cm
  • Width: 129cm
Cm measurements taken from object 27/7/2012
Gallery label
(27/9/2013)
KASHMIR SHAWL
Goat hair (pashmina), woven
Kashmir
c. 1830
IS.96-1948

Bequeathed by Sir Michael Sadler
This shawl was made at a time when Kashmir shawls were becoming very popular in Europe, but before western taste had completely taken over the designs.
The busy rows of butis (floral motifs) over the entire field suggest that it was probably made for the western market. Indian paintings of the time show shawls with butis only in the end border. They were worn by both men and women.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir Michael Sadler
Object history
'
Subject depicted
Pattern (Design Element)
Bibliographic references
  • Stronge, S. "The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms", V&A, 1999 Cat. no. 107, p. 222
  • The Kashmir shawl / by John Irwin. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1973, c1974 Number: 0112901646 p. 54, pl. 36
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.96-1948

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Record createdNovember 13, 2002
Record URL
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