Shawl, Kashmiri; pieced twill tapestry square; 19th C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: India or Kashmiri patchwork shawl, square. Wool or goat fleece shawl with very small black center, made of small pieces produced by a combination of needle and loom work. The pattern is developed in twill tapestry technique, with many colored weft threads, woven in short lengths with several needles or shuttles, along one line of weft as required by the design. In this way one pick is completed, although the line is broken up into many hundreds of little bits. The finished pieces are arranged carefully in mosaic-like order and sewed together to form the elaborate "Cone" or paisley pattern. The border has one woven and pieced work; one of embroidery on small pieces of vari-colored plain, twill material; and a fringed 'harlequin' border made of many small blocks of plain, twill and material in different colors sewed together.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Daniel Gardner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T06889
label: accession number
content: 115031
label: catalog number
content: T6889
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shawl, Kashmir
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 80 in x 80 in; 203.2 cm x 203.2 cm