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Shawl
Indian (Kashmiri)
about 1820
Object Place: Kashmir, India
Medium/Technique
Wool twill tapestry weave, embroidered with wool
Dimensions
Overall: 131.5 x 265cm (51 3/4 x 104 5/16in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Gertrude Townsend
Accession Number51.2567
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionShawl of wool twill tapestry with central field of red and deep borders on each crosswise end with design of row of boteh motifs composed of small scale flowers woven with polychrome wools; border on two long sides of floral cones embroidered with polychrome wools; single cone of twill tapestry weave set in each inner corner; short piece of fringed red wool sewed on each short end.
ProvenanceGift from Miss Gertrude Townshed to the MFA, November 8, 1951