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Shawl
Indian or Iranian, embroidered in Paris
1860s
Object Place: Kashmir, India
Medium/Technique
Wool twill tapestry embroidered with wool
Dimensions
Overall: 182 x 187cm (71 5/8 x 73 5/8in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth T. Howe, in memory of Miss Thelma Bolton
Accession Number53.166
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSquare shawl of wool twill tapestry designed to be worn folded; main field of solid black surrounded by triple border, the central band woven in polychrome palmette design and stitched on; outer border formed of two sizes of small bits of different colored ground embroidered with polychrome wools in niche-enclosed floral designs and short fringe; inner border of smallscale flowers symmetrically arranged and embroidered with polychrome wools.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Kenneth T. Howe, in memory of Mis Thelma Bolton, to the MFA, February 12, 1953