Fragment
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Triangular shaped ivory wool shawl fragment, densely embroidered with ivory silk in compartmentalized floral patterns. Chain stitch border with long fringe. 2/2 twill ground fabric which has been brushed, patterned by a tightly plied ivory silk yarn couched with a single ivory silk yarn. The plied silk yarn is looped as it is couched to form a linear pattern with a distinctive quality.
place: label: made in
content: Kashmir, India
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert T. Hoyt in memory of Hannah McAllister
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-46-22
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on wool Technique: embroidered on twill weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33 × 15.6 cm (13 × 6 1/8 in.)