Mezzaro (shawl or headcovering)
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1850
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mezzaro in a multicolored design on a white ground. Center shows a large scale flowering tree flanked by a smaller tree on either side. Floral sprays, animals, insects, and birds are scattered over the ground. Border design is repeating horns with floral sprays.
place: label: made in
content: Genoa, Italy
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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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-4-3
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Mezzaro (shawl or headcovering)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 228.4 x 274.7 cm (89 15/16 x 108 1/8 in.)