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Start Over Object class Textiles (visual works) Donor Mary C. Stoddard
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10032, described as Spanish machine-knitted rectangular shawl, blonde color, with lace border, gathered at corners. Body of shawl is approx. 126 x 74 cm. (stretched moderately flat), plus 13.5 cm. lace border; overall size 152.5 x 98 cm. Lace border technique not known.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21229, described as Shawl. 211 cm. long x 91.5 cm. wide; ecru (natural) hemp (?) (single-ply) plus some natural cotton warp on one selvedge only (3 cm. wide) + 2 double stripes. Yarn appears handspun (irregular in diameter). Cotton weft stripe 3.5 cm. at each end before fringe ends. Fringes are 6-7 cm. long. Scattered cotton embroidery all over: 3 lines forming a parallelogram, spaced 13 cm. apart (length) x 11 cm. apart (width), each motif measures 1.2 x 1.7 cm.; embroidery appears to be close running stitch.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21224, described as Chinese embroidered silk shawl with fringe, off-white color. Embroidered motifs include peonies and assorted flowers, phoenix, butterflies, pagodas, ducks, pavilion. Approx. 168.5 cm. x 162.5 cm. Fringe is 38 cm. long, 7 cm. of which is knotted. Small stains.

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