Online Collections Database
Shawl
Object/Artifact
Very fine ivory silk s2z warp; fine pale beige wool singles [?] weft. Supplementary warp of brown, orange, red, olive and black. Twill weave. 60” long by 62.5” wide. Selvages include peach, white and brown silk supplementary warp threads for 1/2” border. Weft borders are 1” bands of wool. The rest is a pale field filled with approximately 1” vaguely cone-shaped supplementary weft motifs distributed at 2” intervals in apposite staggered rows. Feels like mohair, not wool,
G95.108
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1800
shawl
paisley
square
twill
mohair
silk
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