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Asian Art
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Explore image in End and side borders of a shawl
ca. 1800
Goat fleece, interlocked twill tapestry, loom woven
Large Border: 10 1/4 × 51 1/2 in. (26 × 130.8 cm)
Small Border: 3/4 × 48 in. (1.9 × 121.9 cm)
Small Border: 3/4 × 48 in. (1.9 × 121.9 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1951.51.98
Geography:
India
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Indian
Period:
Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)
Classification:
Textiles
Provenance:
Mrs. Henry Markoe Collection; Asia Institute, New York; Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore) (1858–1955) New York; gift in 1951 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
The Kashmir Shawl, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1975), 20, 22, 30, no. 6, fig. 9.
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