Shawl fragment
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1840
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Section of shawl with long rectangular compartments filled with long intertwining cones, floral guard borders and a long strip with repeat of small cones. T-shaped seam in the middle, extremely skillful minor seams crossed by embroidery. Multicolored wools on fine black wool twill ground.
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 Mrs. Evsie Beloussoff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1954-58-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Shawl fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool Technique: twill weave with embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 69.5 × 37 cm (27 3/8 × 14 9/16 in.)