Shawl
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pieced rectangular panel of fine white wool twill with deep borders on four sides of closely-set, right-facing peacocks with scrolled tails that alternate with small cypress trees rising from an urn. Fine floral motifs fill spaces in between. Embroidered design of cypress and paisley fill the central field. Set-in end borders.
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: 1954-58-2
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Shawl
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool Technique: twill and interlocking twill tapestry weave, embroidered Label: wool 2/2 twill and interlocked twill tapestry with embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 127 × 79 cm (50 in. × 31 1/8 in.)