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Shawl
Indian (Kashmiri)
19th century
Object Place: Kashmir, India
Medium/Technique
Wool twill tapestry embroidered with wool
Dimensions
Overall: 134 x 284.5cm (52 3/4 x 112in.)
Credit Line
Gift of High School Scholarship Classes of Fine Arts
Accession Number59.988
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRectangular shawl of wool twill tapestry with cream-white central field with single, obliquely set, boteh motifs composed of flowers embroidered in polychrome wool; crosswise border at each end with row of seven curvilinear botehs composed of floral motifs surrounded by complex, small-scale floral ornament; narrower inner border on four sides with small angled botehs on stalks; narrow guard bands with floral meander; in one corner of field is a round green stamp; narrow white wool fringe at each crosswise end. Colors are red, pink, blue, green and white.
ProvenanceGift from the High School Scholarship Classes of Fine Arts to the MFA, December 10, 1959