This rectangular shawl is woven with a silk warp and wool weft with a white center and polychrome borders of stylized boteh and palm leaves. The borders at the short ends of the shawl are deep (46") with worked tendrils that reach into the white center. The long side borders are much narrower, worke...
Date:
1840-1855
Maker:
unknown
Material:
silk (textile), wool (textile), weaving
GUSN:
53134
Accession Number:
1942.734