Shawl

Museum number:
9-21514
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0465 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 4 cm decorative wrapped fringe; balanced weave; black with row of orange and yellow floral embroidery at ends and along edge; additional row of paisley/floral motifs and blanket stitch decorate edges; row of wrapped and bundled warp threeadss form small decorative holes 3 cm up from 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:
Silk 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:
length 181.5 centimeters and width 59 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: good
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21514, described as Shawl; 4 cm decorative wrapped fringe; balanced weave; black with row of orange and yellow floral embroidery at ends and along edge; additional row of paisley/floral motifs and blanket stitch decorate edges; row of wrapped and bundled warp threeadss form small decorative holes 3 cm up from fringe;

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