Textile

Museum number:
9-11976
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011976
Description:
Shawl; Kashmir shawl fully embroidered in multicolor curvilinear designs on red “twill-tapestry” ground; fringed multicolor embroidered panels along all 4 edges; 2 meters x 2.5 meters. Shawl was once worn at Russian ball at Union Hall, San Francisco, November 17, 1863.
Collection place:
Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-11976, described as Shawl; Kashmir shawl fully embroidered in multicolor curvilinear designs on red “twill-tapestry” ground; fringed multicolor embroidered panels along all 4 edges; 2 meters x 2.5 meters. Shawl was once worn at Russian ball at Union Hall, San Francisco, November 17, 1863.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-11976, described as Shawl; Kashmir shawl fully embroidered in multicolor curvilinear designs on red “twill-tapestry” ground; fringed multicolor embroidered panels along all 4 edges; 2 meters x 2.5 meters. Shawl was once worn at Russian ball at Union Hall, San Francisco, November 17, 1863.

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