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Asian Art
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Borders of a shawl of interlocked twill tapestry
ca. 1825
Goat fleece, interlocked twill tapestry, loom woven
36 5/8 × 53 1/8 in. (93 × 135 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1937.5257
Geography:
India
Culture:
Indian
Period:
India, Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)
Classification:
Textiles
Provenance:
Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
The Kashmir Shawl, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1975), 28, 30, no. 12, ill.
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