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Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-15693, described as Shawl. Wool; silk lining. Complex patchwork of textiles forming color pattern, embroidered; plain weave corded lining. Varicolored. Floral, "pine cone" motives. 69 inches by 70 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21541, described as Shawl: L=177 cm x W=55.7 cm; grey, green, and blue striped warp; irredescent deep pink weft; 8 cm knotted fringe; metallic (gold) double interlocking weft selvage on one side; other side hemmed with yellow warp and large band of medium blue, bright green, greenish-black, and medium grey stripes.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21513, described as Shawl; 2 x 2 twill weave; pieced from 5 pieces of cloth- 3 lengthwise &1 at each end. Machine stitched seams covered with embroidery; white with large black inset center; floral black and white chainstitch embroidery- black on white ground and white on black ground; embroidered patterns include grapes and leaves at each end, leaf motifs throughout, and stylized floral border along each selvage; 1 cloth selvage handseamed, 1 woven selvage; warps are grouped and tied in bundles to form decorative fringe, except for 1 cm woven strip at each selvage.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-15824, described as Shawl. wool, silk warp for border strip? Two-two twill, tapestry twill with interlocking wefts; fringed. Blue green ground, varicolored designs. Floral, " pine cone" motives. Jan. 1969 condition: good. Remarks: The structure of the design dates the shawl to 1820-1830, but the possibly analine purple would put it a little later. Sept. 1984 Monique Levi-Strauss. 132 inches by 56 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 18-366, described as Tie-dyed cotton textile; metallic thread fringe; red ground with planet and star-like designs in center. Probably “Plangi” and “Trikit.” 28 x 80 inches not including fringe.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-5408, described as Kashmir shawl; black ground in center, varicolored elongated pine cone, floral designs. Multiple seams. Solid color patches with embroidery and fringe added. Side borders pieced and added. 323 cm x 139.5 cm without fringe.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-3516, described as Shawl; cotton net; silk; embroidered in darning technique; black; floral designs. 41.5 x 47"; worn & faded
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 16-20213, described as Child’s poncho; 66.5 centimeter w, 37 centimeter. l ,excluding fringe. 13 centimeter fringe. Multi colored small bands with three large bands of ikat design;11 centimeter vertical head opening, machine stitched. fringe on one length vertical warp tied fringe; fringe on other length separate has separate bundles tied/looped onto cut warp ends of fabric
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21680, described as Shawl; L=188 cm x W=75 cm including fringe; black cotton warp; supplemental silk weft with gold, silver, brown-red, and turquoise design with diamond shaped lozenges & floral background; ; 3.5 cm black border on all sides; 7.5cm cut fringe on one end and 9.5cm uncut fringe at other end.

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