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Woman's shawl
Pakistani (Sindh)
19th century
Object Place: Sindh, Pakistan
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave embroidered with cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 223 x 123cm (87 13/16 x 48 7/16in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.673
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBright red English cotton, covered with a powder of open flower forms and leaves embroidered with bright green cotton and buttonhole and chain stitches. Narrow borders of triangualar and leaf forms surround the whole piece and the wide borders on the ends, the design of which consists of very conventional ovate plant forms and triangles edged on two sides with leaf-like forms. A white open chain stitch finishes the borders. Only part of this piece is shown in the photograph.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, 1917