Name/Title

Shawl

Entry/Object ID

G99.039

Description

Damask woven ecru silk, angular scrolls not distinctively Chinese. Thin silk fringe even on selvage, apparently teased out or left out at intervals during weaving. Block printed with stylized cartouche surrounded with carnations, dogwood and scrolls, in lavender, pink, red, olive and brownish black, and what appears to have been buff or peach. Border of cartoonlike floral and abstract elements on a lavender ground. About 44” square

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1825 - 1840

Lexicon

Search Terms

shawl, square, damask, silk, Chinese, block printed l, block printed