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Asian Art
Long shawl, interlocking twill tapestry
1820 –50
Wool, interlocking twill tapestry, loom woven
129 1/4 × 56 3/4 in. (328.3 × 144.1 cm)
Gift of Miss Jane Van Vleck
1945.121
Geography:
India
Culture:
Indian
Period:
India, Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)
Classification:
Apparel/Costume
Provenance:
Jane Van Vleck; gift in 1945 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
The Kashmir Shawl, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1975), 32, 34, no. 16, ill.
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