Chinese export embroidered silk shawl; 19th C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Chinese export market embroidered silk shawl; 19th C. White silk twist hand embroidery on white silk crepe ground. The design includes 11.5" squared corner motifs of flowers and leaves, densely embroidered, scattered flowers in the field, and a continuous 11.25" border in a flower and leaf design, in satin and stem stitches. Embroidery appears reversible. Hand-knotted white silk twist 10" fringe on all four sides. 64.5" x 63.25" without fringe.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Harry G. Meem and Mrs. Ann Carroll Meem Rogers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13110
label: catalog number
content: T13110.000
label: accession number
content: 250072
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shawl, Embroidered
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 69 in x 65 1/2 in; 175.26 cm x 166.37 cm