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Shawl
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Shawl

1830s · Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave, interlocking twill

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

White ground with close-set finely stylized floral serpentines and small floral sprigs in interspaces; in red, yellow, blue, blue-green, black. Narrow floral guard border on four sides. Warp-fringed ends.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineShawl. 1830s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker. CC0.

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