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Woman's Shawlcirca 1800

Not on view
Horizontal rectangular textile with a butter-yellow woven field, bordered at each short end by vertical panels of repeating burgundy oval motifs and cream fringe
Textile fragment with yellow ground, densely packed rows of boteh (paisley) motifs in pink, dark green, and red, bordered by narrow geometric bands at top and bottom.
Textile fragment with yellow ground, densely woven with rows of boteh motifs in red, dark green, and blue, each containing floral sprigs; corner turned back to reveal reverse side; narrow patterned border along two edges.
Woven textile with a yellow ground, featuring a repeating pattern of large oval medallions in red and dark green, each enclosing a central floral stem motif in red, blue, and gold, with small floral sprigs filling the spaces between medallions.
Title
Woman's Shawl
Place Made
India, Kashmir, for the Western market
Date Made
circa 1800
Medium
Goat-fleece underdown (cashmere wool) interlocking twill tapestry weave
Dimensions
126 x 53 in. (320 x 134.6 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.71.1.39
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.
  • Örmen, Catherine. L'Art de la Mode. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2015.