Shawl
date: label: Date
content: 1840–1850
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Paisley shawl with deep borders in shades of red, orange, blue, and white. Shawl ends have a row of tall paisleys with an inner border of small paisley motifs. White center field has small paisleys, scrolling bands and floral clusters.
place: label: made in
content: Nimes, France
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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 Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-85-25
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Shawl
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, cotton, wool Technique: 3/1 twill patterned by supplementary wefts (multicolor) bound on the front in 1/3 twill. Double interlocked tapestry weave. The floats of the supplementary wefts on the back were cut off after weaving in the finishing proess to reduce weight. The foundation weft is white wool in the center and brown cotton in both patterned ends. The warp was dyed orange for the areas which are densely patterned, but not for the white square in the middle. At both ends, sections of warp are dyed to intensify the colors of the tapestry woven bars and the fringe.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 350.5 × 153.7 cm (138 × 60 1/2 in.)