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Shawl
Indian (Kashmiri)
Sikh period
about 1830
Object Place: Kashmir, India
Medium/Technique
Wool twill tapestry
Dimensions
146 x 295 cm (57 1/2 x 116 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Accession Number34.170
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLong rectangular shawl of wool twill tapestry and bright red central field with border design on each end of a row of large narrow sweeping botehs with swaying fan-like flowers, on top of which is a row of smaller botehs arranged at alternating angles to each other, in pink, red, blue, green, yellow, black, and white; narrow guard bands of meandering flower and vine pattern on a white ground.
Elaborate and festive design compositions, such as this, designate this piece as a 'celebration shawl.'
Elaborate and festive design compositions, such as this, designate this piece as a 'celebration shawl.'
ProvenanceGift from Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to the MFA, May 3, 1934