Mezzaro (shawl or headcovering)
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mezzaro in a multicolored design on a white ground. Central large-scale tree with many different blossoms. Small flanking tree on either side. Floral sprays, insects, birds, and animals scattered over the ground. Border of massed flowers and fruit with perching brids. Urns and vases in foreground.
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: 1931-4-13
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: block printed
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 232.5 x 276.8 cm (91 9/16 x 109 in.)