Shawl
- Iranian, early 19th century
- Iran
- Dimensions
- 115 x 293 cm (45 1/4 x 115 3/8 in.)
- Medium or Technique
- Cashmere
- Classification
- Costumes
- Accession Number
- 04.274
- Not on view
Mon–Tue:10 am–4:45 pm;
Wed–Fri: 10 am–9:45 pm;
Sat–Sun: 10 am–4:45 pm
The main field is plain red. The boarders of palm leaves, flowers and other forms, run up on to it. Across the ends are deep boarders of large palm leaves and conventional pointed trees.
Purchased by the MFA, May 19, 1904
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
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