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Shawl
Indian (Kashmiri)
1840s
Object Place: Kashmir, India
Medium/Technique
Weaving, embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 140cm (55 1/8in.)
Other (without fringe): 3215cm (1265 3/4in.)
Other (fringe): 4cm (1 9/16in.)
Other (without fringe): 3215cm (1265 3/4in.)
Other (fringe): 4cm (1 9/16in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss E. Elizabeth Sears, in memory of her sister, Mary Crease Sears
Accession Number53.1090
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLong rectangular woven shawl; red ground; deep border of cone motives each with central conventionalized tree (?); outer border, on all four sides, of minute serpentine vine with flowering branches in interspaces; inner border, on all four sides, of small floral cone outlines; two shades of red predominating in borders; borders woven separately and applied to plain red center with embroidery; warp fringe ont wo ends; several small moth holes.
ProvenanceGift from Miss E. Elizabeth Sears to the MFA, June 16, 1953