Shawl

Museum number:
9-22718
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2s (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4092
Description:
Spanish" mourning shawl. black silk crepe hand embroidered with black floral motif, concentrated in 2 opposing corners and trailing to non-decorated corners. edged on 4 sides in knotted fringe (black). c. 1925.
Donor:
(anonymous)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China (attr.)
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
October 13, 1985
Context of use:
clothing; made for the European market
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 182 centimeters, fringe— length 20 centimeters, and width 182 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-22718, described as Spanish" mourning shawl. black silk crepe hand embroidered with black floral motif, concentrated in 2 opposing corners and trailing to non-decorated corners. edged on 4 sides in knotted fringe (black). c. 1925.

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