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Shawl or scarf
Indian
19th century
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
Overall: 128 x 213cm (50 3/8 x 83 7/8in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number25.198
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionShawl or scarf of red plain-weave silk, embroidered with cream-white and deep blue silk in buttonhole and chain stitches, with overall repeating design in main field of small circular flowers with leaves and stems and narrow crosswise borders with row of stylized botehs enclosed in floral lozenge; narrow guard bands of small flowers and zigzag pattern.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, June 4, 1925