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Collection Item: Shawl

Basic info

Collection
Costume and Textiles
Object name
Shawl
Object category
Costume, male
Object subcategory
Outerwear
Description
White muslin; both ends are decorated with deep embroidered borders containing floral motifs in blue-black, yellow, and shaded pink silk, together with gold-coloured thread and a gold-coloured plate ground. These edges are also trimmed with fringing of gold-coloured thread on a yellow silk core. The long edges have a narrow border of the same embroidery.
Production date start
1761
Production date end
1765
Period
Georgian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORAG : 2003.4.b
Number of objects
1
ID
10004043

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Muslin (Whole)
Silk (Fringe)
Dimensions
Whole length 256.0 cm
Whole width 51.0 cm

Production

Location
India
Technique
Embroidered