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Square cashmere shawl with eight-lobed rosette, multicolored and decorated with flowering branches and double scrolls
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Square cashmere shawl with eight-lobed rosette, multicolored and decorated with flowering branches and double scrolls

anonymous · c. 1830 - c. 1840 · weaving; wool

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Square Kashmir shawl, woven of wool. Symmetrical and angular design on the cross axes. A full pattern with a woven black ground on which a large eight-lobed light green rosette with red, yellow, pale blue flowers. On the field stand open blossom branches within angular double scrolls. Narrow white outer border.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVierkante kasjmiersjaal met achtlobbige rozet, veelkleurig en versierd met bloesemtakken en dubbelranken. c. 1830 - c. 1840. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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