Paisley-style woven shawl, Scotland or France, 1850-1880s
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1880s
notes: label: Description
content: Paisley-style jacquard-woven shawl, Scotland or France, 1850-1880s. Long rectangle; white groundand central field with 19" deep borders in a paisley/buta/cone design. Predominant colors: blue, green, red, gold, pink. White ground is 2/1 twill weave; thread count 100 x 77; thread is 2-ply, Z-twist. The white edge with fringe is 1/2 twill. The jacquard-woven paisley design supplementary wefts are in wool; the ground warp is silk, the ground weft, cotton. This shawl is of a type made either in Scotland or France, second half of the 19th century. The shawl has been washed and the blue dye has run. A few worn spots, and a yellow stain at one end. Otherwise good condition.
label: Description
content: Given by Mrs. H.W. Andrews in 1972.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. H. W. Andrews
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16135.000
label: catalog number
content: T16135.000
label: accession number
content: 299420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shawl, Paisley-style
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool, silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: compound twill weave, supplementary weft patterned, jacquard-woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 114 in x 51 in; 289.56 cm x 129.54 cm