Chinese export market embroidered silk shawl; 19th C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Chinese export market embroidered silk shawl; 19th C. White silk crepe hand embroidered in white silk twist. Design includes a 15"-16" squared floral and leaf motif in each corner, connected with a border of flowers and leaves. Embroidery appears reversible. A hand-knotted white silk twist fringe, 12"-13" in length, on all four sides. 60" x 62"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11568B
label: catalog number
content: T11568.00B
label: accession number
content: 219981
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shawl, Embroidered
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 in; 157.48 cm