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Shawl
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Shawl

mid-19th century · Medium: wool, silk Technique: black center and fringe: 2/2 twill panels and borders: complementary weft, patterned 3/1 twill (all panels and borders, including fringe, are woven, cut and attached)

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

About this work

Rectangular shawl with wide borders at each end and narrow borders on each side; made up of woven and cut pieces of fabric with a set-in black center or field. The primary border at each end contains five elaborately foliated cones. The ivory is silk throughout.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
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ShawlsTextiles
Credit lineShawl. mid-19th century. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Augusta F. Berdansky. CC0.
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