Design for Woven Shawl with Paisley Motifs
date: label: Date
content: 1825–50
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a woven shawl featuring two paisley motifs, also referred to as Persian cones. The designs consist of blossoms in multiple colors, including dark red, light red, blue, and purple, and green calyces and leaves. The paisley design on the left is smaller than the other design on the right, which is positioned obliquely. Two flower boughs and parts of red blossoms surround the lower part of the design on the right.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1924-15-16
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and gouache on brown oiled translucent paper
label: Dimensions
content: 13 × 16 cm (5 1/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)