Shawl with interlocking twill tapestry borders

1870s or 1880s

Not on view

Medium: Goat fleece, Interlocking twill tapestry, loom woven and embroidered
Dimensions: 55 1/2 × 120 5/16 in. (141 × 305.6 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1937.5263
Geography: India
Culture: Indian
Period: Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)
Classification: Apparel/Costume
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Provenance

Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York, purchased in Kashmire, India; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

The Kashmir Shawl, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1975), no. 7, fig. 7

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

botanical, clothing, shawls

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