Shawl
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: On a yellow wool ground is embroidered a pattern of vertical rows of flowering vines, centered by a large medallion representing a lotus pond (?). The ground fo the medallion is solidly filled by heavy strands of natural colored wool couched by silver wire. Stems of the allover pattern are worked in the same wool and silver. All other embroidered worked in fine silk chain stitch, outlined by darker colors. Flowers done in shades of blue, white, cream, and brown and decorated in spangles.
place: label: made in
content: India
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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: 1969-1-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Shawl
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 103 × 108 cm (40 9/16 × 42 1/2 in.)