Indienne-style printed barege shawl, 1846-1870
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
label: date made
content: mid-late 19th century
label: date made
content: 1846-1870
notes: label: Description
content: Indienne-style printed barege shawl, 1846-1870. Lightweight twill weave wool fabric woven in one piece; block-printed with a detached motif (European interpretation of an Indian or Kashmir design) in drop repeat. Colors: pink, rose, tan, light blue, black, green, brown, and white on a blue field. 2 1/2" wide border showing the same colors on red banded with black, in imitation of the pieced harlequin borders of Indian shawls. Finished with 2-end, 4 inch applied fringe of 3-ply blue wool yarn. 65" L x 64" W.
label: Description
content: (Cataloging information given by W. Hefford in 1986). The type of printed, imitation Kashmiri shawl first made in Paisley in 1846. Twenty to thirty could be made in a week and the best sold for two pounds. Stocked in the store conducted from 1855-1870 at Rockport, MA, by Reuben Brooks, Sr. and Jr., grandfather and father, respectively, of the donor. Given by Mrs. Martha Brookings in 1941.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Paisley
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Martha M. Brookings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08568.000
label: catalog number
content: T08568.000
label: accession number
content: 161349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shawl, printed
label: Object Name
content: Shawl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave, block-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 65 in x 64 in; 165.1 cm x 162.56 cm