Paisley style shawl; mid 1830s-1840s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: European made, Paisley style Square shawl with silk warp and wool weft; 2x2 twill solid colored ground and weft patterning, in golden yellow, yellow-green, taupe brown, rose, red, blue, and white. Pale beige ground stripe predominant. Center field consists of alternating wide and narrown stripes , the side stripes having larger floral motifs at intervals, the narrow, dark ground stripe patterned with small buta (cone, piine). An 11 1/2" deep bprder all around, patterned with European style flowers and ferns/foliage, and palmettes. 68 1/2" x 70" . Warp fringe.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Margaret E. Farrar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13418.000
label: catalog number
content: T13418.000
label: accession number
content: 253953
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shawl, Paisley