Shawl

Museum number:
9-21511
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021511
Alternate number:
MVC-0462 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
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;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
Kashmir, India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Shawls, and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 101 centimeters and length 200 centimeters
Images:
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;

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