5s (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4092
Description:
From Cat Card: Shawl. Rectangular paisley shawl. off white cloth, presumably commercially woven (note occasional irregularities and differing selvedge treatments), twill, printed with paisley design in red, green, lavender, and brown with a wide brown border. Design runs lengthwise. Narrow ends folded over and hemmed - one end more neatly done than the other. Knotted fringe in red, green, off-white, and several shades of tan/brown. Fringe is applied to the hemmed ends only. Tag labelled 5s tied on. Several tears. c1850
Donor:
(anonymous)
Collection place:
Europe
Culture or time period:
European
Materials:
Cloth
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
October 13, 1985
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)