Shawl
- Museum number:
- 9-22721
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090022721
- Alternate number:
- 12s (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4092
- Description:
- ecru silk crepe shawl with ecru embroidery throughout. floral motifs throughout in quadrilateral symmetry - each quarter identical with peonies, leaves, and small blossoms. fringed on all 4 edges.
- Donor:
- (anonymous)
- Collection place:
- China
- Verbatim coll. place:
- China (attrib.)
- Culture or time period:
- Chinese
- Collector:
- Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh
- Materials:
- Silk
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Embroidery (visual works), 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:
- width 246 centimeters, height 239 centimeters, and fringe— length 46 centimeters
- Images:
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