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Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10193, described as From Cat Card: Stole, claret red silk, self fringe plied z twist 26cm at each end. 67cm gold supp weft design - widely spaced stripes, stripe of dense design, stripes but with flowers added (on one end emphasized by using thicker weft ground), then 12.5cm large repeated motif (tree of life or paisley like), then 5.5cm dense geometric pattern. Center is weft ikat with yellow, green, blue, black. A few darns in the ikat area - may be original. Looks like Thai silk. c1925. Cat Card Notes indicate shawl may be from Thailand? possibly Indonesia? or constructed from Asian materials?
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10187, described as From Cat Card: Shawl, undecorated black silk with hand knotted fringe. all four side folded under and hemmed - knotted fringe added on all four sides. Tag label 7s attached to fringe. c1900.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-22722, described as ecru silk crepe shawl, embroidered with black florals and tendrils in quadrilateral symmetry (identical large peony in each corner plus small blossoms and tendrils). embroidered border of blossoms and tendrils on all 4 sides. ecru fringe on all 4 edges.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10188, described as From Cat Card: Shawl, "Japanese Pongee Print Natural Background." Constructed of two pieces of cloth sewn together down the middle. Printed with running pattern of women in kimonos, lanterns, houses, and mountains. Sewn together lengthwise to form rectangular shawl. Edges hemmed, knotted multi-color fringe added to all four sides. Seam down middle sewn with zig-zag stitch. Stored in a trunk since 1930 (prior to donation to PAHMA) c.1925
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-22723, described as ecru silk crepe shawl with multi-colored floral embroidery over the entire body in quadrilateral symmetry (each quarter identical with 3 large blossoms and leaves on each corner and ground in-filled with small blooms and tendrils. center medallion formed by 2 rows of flowers and 8 floral spokes with pink center blossoms. embroidered Chinese symbol border on all 4 sides. edged with fringe on all 4 edges.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10194, described as From Cat Card: Rectangular stole of un-decorated pink silk chiffon with fringe. Narrow ends folded under and hemmed - fringe applied to these ends only. Stole appears to have been completely constructed then dyed: note that the dye has not penetrated knots well, and note un-dyed areas where knots have slipped. Different materials dyed in the same dye-bath often come out different colors; apparently this happened here. Result is fringe and fabric of different hues. Tag labelled "11s" tied to fringe. c1926
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10165, described as square, fuschia silk (undecorated) shawl, with deep hand knotted (netting design) fringes on all 4 sides. c. 1925
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10167, described as rectangular, orange silk shawl, with hand knotted orange fringe on all 4 sides, c. 1925
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10178, described as Shawl, turquoise chiffon. Surface design: silver, orange, blue and purple flowers (discharge dye?). Metallic thread embroidery part of design. Banded with orange chiffon and black chiffon metered corners. Hand sewn borders. c. 1929
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-22718, described as Spanish" mourning shawl. black silk crepe hand embroidered with black floral motif, concentrated in 2 opposing corners and trailing to non-decorated corners. edged on 4 sides in knotted fringe (black). c. 1925.

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