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Shawl
Indian
19th century
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave embroidered with silk and gold-metallic thread
Dimensions
Overall: 118 x 122cm (46 7/16 x 48 1/16in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number51.524
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSquare, plain-weave red silk shawl with design in main field of rows of small repeating boteh motifs and a large boteh motif at each corner, angled towards the center, embroidered in silk and gold metallic yarns; inner border has design of dense lattice/lozenge pattern; outer border has dense zigzag pattern.
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection; Gift from Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA, April 2, 1951