Mezzaro (shawl or headcovering)
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Luigi Testori
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mezzaro with a white ground printed in brilliant colors with a design adapted from Indian painted hangings. Central tree rises from a stylized mound, on which there are crudely rendered animals. Branches fill the entire length of the hanging along with large flowers, birds and butterflies. At left, a bamboo clump and palms, and at right, bamboo. Wide border in a design of flower baskets alternating with flower sprays, birds and butterflies.
place: label: made in
content: Genoa, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-98-2
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Mezzaro (shawl or headcovering)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 268 x 268 cm (105 1/2 x 105 1/2 in.)