Chinese export embroidered shawl, later 19th C.
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1875
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Chinese export market embroidered silk shawl, Canton shawl of black silk crepe embroidered with black silk; design of 6" flower and leaf border with an extra 6" motif in each corner. A 7-8" knotted fringe in black silk all around. Approx. 62" square. Probably 3rd quarter 19th C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
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.T12760.000
label: catalog number
content: T12760.000
label: accession number
content: 241518
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shawl
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 in x 62 in; 157.48 cm x 157.48 cm