Object name: Shawl / Collection place: South Asia / Materials: Cotton (textile) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-11288, described as Shawl or head cover; rust colored cotton in three narrow widths sewn together and covered with silk embroidery (satin, cross, blanket and stem stitches) in gold, white, pale green, purple and pink geometric designs; length 250 cm, width 140 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21472, described as Shawl: Twill weave, black fabric pieced together; totally covered with embroidered, multicolored floral designs, black 16 rayed center surrounded by large flower petal design with flowers and vases within. L=186cm x W=188cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21575, described as Shawl; light blue-green with supplemental weft gold metallic geometric pattern; 14 cm border with small gold crosses; 7.5 cm warp fringe;

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21414, described as Shawl. Net background with embroidered floral motifs around edges. Note asymmetry of design: 2 rounded corners, 2 pointed corners; one rounded corner has large additional embroidered motif; one pointed corner has embroidered initials “VC” or “UC”.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21570, described as Shawl; 3cm tassels; dark purple-blue rectangular commercial cloth; embroidered heavily at ends in floral designs and horizontal band; metal mirrors at flower centers, scattered individual flowers cover the of rest of the cloth; bright yellow, red, white and green embroidery; tiny white beads sewn within red designs; small cotton tassels (16 and 17) sewn along each end; selvedges and warp ends embroidred in yellow.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21511, described as Shawl; double-faced twill weave; brown on 1 side; pink on other side; isolated single flowers and leaves throughout; 10.5 cm wide floral borders; identical embroidery on both sides; soft orange, pink, blue, deep red, and green embroidery on brown side; turquoise, medium blue, yellow ,and green on pink side; orange blanket stitch along selvage; 1.3 cm wide tab of woven area at each selvage is cut and unraveled to form fringe;

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-11268, described as Shawl; saffron cotton block printed with Hindu religious symbols, the name of Shiva in Hindi, floral designs in red; length 118 cm, width 106 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21526, described as Shawl: L=181.0cm, W=66.8cm; Burgundy silk w/ out fringe; brilliant gold pattern in geometric designs (diamond and zigzags)in supplemental weft. Backgrouns is burgundy cotton warp and weft with gold-like supplemental weft threads. End panel has long triangular shapes w/ plant-like motifs within other shapes (diamonds/ 8-pointed stars).

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-11199, described as Shawl; cotton; red, yellow and blue warp stripes of varying widths on a black ground; Red, white, yellow and green warp bands at each end; embroidered motifs on body of shawl in yellow, blue and white; fringed ends; length 200 cm, width 100 cm. (Silk threat used for warp bands and motifs).

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21508, described as Shawl; Brown wool with double faced uneven twill, embroidered horizontal band top and bottom and floral motif scattered in brown field, with cotton (?) embroidery in stylized floral motifs; green, light blue, dark blue and brown , orange, white, pink and magenta on dark field; selvedge edge bound in green blanket stitch and multicolored floral pattern, plain warp fringe.