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Woman's Shawlmid-19th century

Not on view
Horizontal embroidered textile panel densely stitched in red, magenta, blue, green, and ivory, with a symmetrical design of curving foliate forms and rows of arched botanical motifs, with multicolored tassels along both short edges
Densely embroidered textile with large paisley and boteh motifs in orange, red, pink, teal, and green, featuring floral medallions, arched cartouches enclosing flowering trees, and scrolling border patterns worked in fine needlework.
Woven Kashmir shawl detail with densely patterned twill-tapestry weave; two large arched medallions in magenta and turquoise contain stylized cypress and floral motifs; surrounding field fills with paisley, boteh, and scrolling floral forms in orange, olive green, and pink; scalloped border along lower edge.
Embroidered textile with three horizontal registers: an upper band of arched floral medallions in red, blue, and green; a middle section of multicolored rectangular panels with fringe tassels hanging from a dark ground; and a lower field of large paisley motifs in pink, purple, and olive with dense needlework filling.
Woven Kashmir shawl fragment with densely patterned buta motifs in orange, magenta, green, and brown on a dark ground; interlocking paisley and floral forms in fine twill tapestry weave, with a short inscription in Nastaliq script at upper left.
Title
Woman's Shawl
Place Made
India, Kashmir
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Goat-fleece underdown (cashmere wool) twill with double-interlocking tapestry-weave patterning, pieced, with wool embroidery
Dimensions
143 x 55 in. (363.2 x 139.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold
Accession Number
60.46.12
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
  • Blanco F., José and Patricia Hunt-Hurst, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 2, The Federal Era Through the 19th Century. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.