Embroidered Kashmir Long Shawl, early19th century
date: label: date made
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Embroidered Kashmir Long Shawl, early 19th century? Long shawl or dochalla, 15 feet long by 1 1/2 feet wide. A plain grey center of fine cashmere, woven in a 2/2 twill, to the left; with a 2 1/1" matching grey fringe at either short end. A one foot wide palla or border at each end, entirely embroidered. Multi-color embroidery in a cone/buta/paisley design with a network of flower fill. Four corner ornaments in the same cone/buta motif. A 5/8" wide woven border runs down each side of the length. Originally owned by Mrs. E. M. Green, grandmother of the donor, in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Given by the donor in 1947.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Kashmir
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Julia M. Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T09922.000
label: catalog number
content: T9922
label: accession number
content: 177011
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shawl, Kashmir
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cashmere goat fleece (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave, embroidered (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 ft x 1 1/2 ft; 4.572 m x .4572 m