Shawl
date: label: Date
content: mid-19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Square woven shawl with a red ground and multicolored design in pink, orange, green, blue, purple, and white. A taupe eight-pointed star in the center is surrounded by snake-like forms. From each corner, a yellow pine cone form set on an elaborate vase points toward the center; between these is a smaller, purple cone. An inner guard boder has a repeating design of alternating flowers, and the outer "harlequin" border is of bands of alternating color. All pattern areas are filled with tiny plants and flowers.
place: label: made in
content: India for European market
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Dorothy Franklin Rolph
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1980-38-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Shawl
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool Technique: twill tapestry, embroidery Label: wool embroidery on wool twill weave, pieced together
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 198.1 x 203.2 cm (6 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.)