Shawl
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1850
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Square "moon shawl" with guard borders on four sides and fringed borders at warp ends only. Broad vertical stripes of red, yellow and white with floral cones, separated by narrow stripes of dark blue. Circular central medallion, with a quarter-circle medallions in each corner with stylized floral filling in blues and red on pink and white ground. Coarse woven border with stylized floral motifs on four sides. Separate borders top and bottom imitate fringed warp ends.
place: label: made in
content: 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 Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-133-16
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Shawl
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool Technique: interlocked twill tapestry weave Label: wool interlocked twill tapestry
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 156.2 x 142.2 cm (61 1/2 x 56 in.)